Paul Thomas Anderson worked with an actor.
Boogie Nights . It stars Mark Wahlberg , Julianne Moore , Burt Reynolds , Don Cheadle , John C. Reilly , William H. Macy and Heather Graham . Cigarettes & Coffee is a 1993 short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson starring Philip Baker Hall . Hard Eight is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson , and stars Philip Baker Hall , John C. Reilly , Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson , with brief appearances by Robert Ridgely , Philip Seymour Hoffman and Melora Walters . Paul Thomas Anderson . In 1993 , he wrote and directed a short film titled Cigarettes & Coffee on a budget of $ 20,000 . The Master is a 2012 American psychological drama film written , directed , and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix , Philip Seymour Hoffman , and Amy Adams .