London, Feb. 22 -- Paul Thomas Anderson has won the Best Director award for his film 'One Battle After Another' at the 79th edition of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Continuing his winning streak from the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, Thomas Paul Anderson has grabbed another Best Director award. He dedicated his award to the late producer and assistant director Brit Adam Somner.

"You may think that your greatest export is Alfred Hitchcock or Charlie Chaplin, but it wasn't. To me, it was Adam Somner, who was my assistant director and producer for about 20 years. He came over to America and the line was out the door of people who wanted to work with him because he made us all better," said Anderson as quoted by Variety....