- His great-grandfather was the older brother of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author most famous for his creation of Tarzan and John Carter.
- Martin Scorsese is a big fan of his movies, even choosing him as the next Martin Scorsese in an Esquire magazine article.
- All of his films since The Royal Tenenbaums have featured a type of shot composition called "planimetric staging" which involves placing the camera at a 90 degree angle with the subject of the shot. This type of shot is one of the main reasons Anderson's films are said to have a unique visual style. Other directors who have used this technique include Buster Keaton, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, and Yasujiro Ozu, although almost none have used at as frequently as Anderson has (almost every shot).
- Wrote Bottle Rocket (1996), Mối Tình Tay Ba Trường Rushmore (1998) and Gia Đình Thiên Tài (2001) with Owen Wilson, whose brother, Luke Wilson, appears in all three movies.
- While shooting Cá Mập Đốm Huyền Thoại (2004) the once pasty and bookish Anderson got a tan, grew his hair long, and got into better shape. His frequent star, Anjelica Huston, noted that Wes had suddenly become handsome.
- Rosemary's Baby (1968) is his favorite film.
- Some of the character names in his movies, most notably in Mối Tình Tay Ba Trường Rushmore (1998), were actually the names of his St. John's classmates.
- Has an Italian song about him called "Wes Anderson" by I Cani. The music video is a tribute to the director and his movies.
- He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Mối Tình Tay Ba Trường Rushmore (1998).
- Wrote The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and Vương Quốc Trăng Lên (2012) with Roman Coppola. Coppola's cousin Jason Schwartzman co-wrote the former film, and appeared in both, as well as in Mối Tình Tay Ba Trường Rushmore (1998).
- Seven of his films, Bottle Rocket (1996), Mối Tình Tay Ba Trường Rushmore (1998), Gia Đình Thiên Tài (2001), Cá Mập Đốm Huyền Thoại (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Gia Đình Nhà Cáo (2009), and Vương Quốc Trăng Lên (2012) are in the Criterion Collection.
- Has a daughter named Freya with his partner Juman Malouf. She is named after the main character in The Mortal Storm (1940).
- Many of his cast members have connections to Bố Già (1972). His first film, Bottle Rocket (1993), featured James Caan. Mối Tình Tay Ba Trường Rushmore (1998) starred Jason Schwartzman, son of Talia Shire, and he has become a regular in Anderson's films. That film also featured numerous Godfather references. Roman Coppola, son of director Francis Ford Coppola and cousin to Schwartzman, has also co-written several of his films.
- His father is of Swedish and Norwegian descent, and his mother has English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry.
- Currently expecting his first child with partner, Juman Malouf (as of October, 2015).
- Tends to have his cast and crew to stay at hotels and dine together over set trailers and catering.
- He has directed one film that has been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Khách Sạn Đế Vương (2014). He has also directed two Best Animated Feature nominees: Gia Đình Nhà Cáo (2009) and Đảo Của Những Chú Chó (2018) in addition to a Best Live Action Short Film winner: Câu Chuyện Kì Diệu Về Henry Sugar (2023).
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