Wes Anderson Royal Tenenbaums" was nominated for an Academy Award and ranked by an "Empire" poll as the 159th greatest film ever made. Anderson's next feature was "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004) about a Jacques Cousteau-esque documentary filmmaker played by Bill Murray. It serves as a classic example of Anderson's style, but its critical reception was less favorable than his previous films, and its box office did not match the heights of "The Royal Tenenbaums". In September 2006, Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen released a tongue-in-cheek "letter of intervention" for Anderson's artistic "malaise" following the disappointing commercial and
Rino Piccolo short film of national "cultural interest". In 1998 Piccolo was one of the first to establish a film commission in Italy (Campania Film Commission), giving support and assisting international film productions including "", "", "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "The Sopranos", and "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". In 2001 Piccolo was appointed as Italian Film Commission's and cinema delegate to present to the Indian Government the new national agreement between the two countries and promote new opportunities of international development. While in Italy he has the opportunity to specialize in documentary production, assisting many BBC, National Geographic Channel and Discovery