Richard Linklater

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

64

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-07-30 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

Richard Linklater

Biography

Richard Linklater (/ˈlɪŋkleɪtər/; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. His films include the comedies Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993); the Before trilogy of romance films: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013); the music-themed comedy School of Rock (2003); the adult animated films Waking Life (2001), A Scanner Darkly (2006), and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022); the coming-of-age drama Boyhood (2014); the comedy film Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); and the romantic comedy Hit Man (2023). Many of Linklater's films are noted for their loosely structured narratives. The Before trilogy and Boyhood both feature the same actors filmed over an extended period of years. He has received five Academy Award nominations and won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Before Sunrise. He also won a Golden Globe Award for directing Boyhood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Linklater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

    For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

  • Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • Waking Life

    Waking Life

  • Slacker

    Slacker

  • Spy Kids

    Spy Kids

  • Bernie

    Bernie

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

  • Clerk

    Clerk

  • At Sundance

    At Sundance

  • Twelve Years

    Twelve Years

  • The Last Movie Stars

    The Last Movie Stars

  • Critic

    Critic

  • University, Inc.

    University, Inc.

  • It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

    It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Blaze

    Blaze

  • Le making of de Nouvelle Vague

    Le making of de Nouvelle Vague

  • Art-House America: Austin Film Society

    Art-House America: Austin Film Society

  • 21 Years: Richard Linklater

    21 Years: Richard Linklater

  • Great Directors

    Great Directors

  • Side by Side

    Side by Side

  • God Save Texas

    God Save Texas

  • The Hottest State

    The Hottest State

  • Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

    Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

  • Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

    Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

  • Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest

    Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest

  • One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

    One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

  • Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater

    Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • More Human Than Human

    More Human Than Human

  • North on Evers

    North on Evers

  • Directors Talks

    Directors Talks

  • The Alex Leyba Movie II

    The Alex Leyba Movie II

  • ... End of Interview!

    ... End of Interview!

  • My Generation

    My Generation

  • Scotch and Milk

    Scotch and Milk

  • Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

    Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

  • The Underneath

    The Underneath

  • J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius

    J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius

  • 05

    05

  • Also Starring Austin

    Also Starring Austin

  • Making Dazed

    Making Dazed

  • Chelsea Walls

    Chelsea Walls

  • Another Day at the Office

    Another Day at the Office

  • In the Bathtub of the World

    In the Bathtub of the World

  • Linklater: On Cinema and Time

    Linklater: On Cinema and Time

  • The King of Texas

    The King of Texas

  • Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

  • Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

  • American Prince

    American Prince

  • Clemente

    Clemente

  • Letters to Thomas

    Letters to Thomas

  • The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

    The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

  • The Space in Between

    The Space in Between

  • Making Of School of Rock

    Making Of School of Rock

  • After Before

    After Before

  • RSO [Registered Sex Offender]

    RSO [Registered Sex Offender]

  • Viva Les Amis

    Viva Les Amis

  • Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent

    Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent

  • Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet

    Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet

  • Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket

    Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket