Phantom Thread is a 2017 American period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, set in London’s couture world in 1954. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a couturier who takes a young waitress, played by Vicky Krieps, as his muse; it is reportedly Day-Lewis’s final role before retiring. The film is the first Anderson film shot outside the United States, with principal photography beginning in January 2017 in Lythe, England. ..