
1988
A mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson at age seventeen. Presented as a behind-the-scenes television profile, it chronicles the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed porn star whose fame and fortune spiral into drug abuse and tragedy. Modeled on real-life adult film actor John Holmes, the film serves as an early prototype for Anderson’s later feature Boogie Nights (1997).

Michael Stein
Dirk Diggler

Robert Ridgely
Jack Horner

Eddie Delcore
Reed Rothchild

Rusty Schwimmer
Candy Kane

Ernie Anderson
Narrator (uncredited)

Unaired

Johnny

Legend of The Lich Lord

Exploited

Man of the Year

Student Project

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Do You Like My Basement?

Buffet Infinity

To Die For

Party Monster: Scratching the Surface

Slaughter’d

Haunted Ulster Live

A Day of One Hero, Starring Kazuki Shimizu

A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex

Leech

51 Degrees North

Babysitting

Webseries: The Movie

Violence Men