Director Paul Thomas Anderson has often been on the outside looking in during an eclectic career of boundary-pushing filmmaking, but he received the ultimate insider's accolade Sunday -- the Oscar for best director of his acclaimed "One Battle After Another."
The Los Angeles native has long been a critical darling, with a raft of previous Academy Award nominations dating back to his breakout film "Boogie Nights" and including his last feature "Licorice Pizza."
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