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Richard Linklater
Director

Richard Linklater

30 Jul 1960Born
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Houston, Texas, USABirthplace

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

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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.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBABefore Sunrise: Behind the ScenesFilm
  2. TBADazed and Confused: Behind the ScenesFilm
  3. TBAUntitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley ProjectFilm: Director, Screenplay
  4. TBAUntitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks ProjectFilm: Director, Screenplay
  5. TBAMerrily We Roll AlongFilm: Director, Screenplay
  6. TBAHippiesFilm: Director, Writer
  7. TBAUntitled Lou Gehrig BiopicFilm: Director
  8. 2026Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing ButtFilm
  9. 2025Blue MoonFilm: Director
  10. 2025Nouvelle VagueFilm: Director
  11. 2024Hit ManFilm: Director, Screenplay
  12. 2024God Save TexasSeries: Director (1 episode)
  13. 2022Apollo 10½: A Space Age ChildhoodFilm: Director, Writer
  14. 2019Another Day at the OfficeFilm: Rick, Writer, Director
  15. 2019Where'd You Go, BernadetteFilm: Director, Screenplay
  16. 2018BlazeFilm: Oilman 1
  17. 2018Also Starring AustinFilm
  18. 2017Last Flag FlyingFilm: Director, Screenplay
  19. 2016Everybody Wants Some!!Film: Director, Writer
  20. 2014BoyhoodFilm: Director, Writer
  21. 2013Before MidnightFilm: Director, Writer
  22. 2012Up to SpeedSeries: Director (6 episodes)
  23. 2012BernieFilm: Deadbeat Dad (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
  24. 2008Me and Orson WellesFilm: Director
  25. 2008Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a CoachFilm: Director
  26. 2008RSO [Registered Sex Offender]Film: Principal Mallard
  27. 2007The Hottest StateFilm: John Wayne Enthusiast
  28. 2006Fast Food NationFilm: Screenplay, Director
  29. 2006A Scanner DarklyFilm: Screenplay, Director
  30. 2005Bad News BearsFilm: Director
  31. 2005Before Sunset: Behind the ScenesFilm
  32. 2004Before SunsetFilm: Screenplay, Director
  33. 2003The School of RockFilm: Director
  34. 2003Live from Shiva's Dance FloorFilm: Director
  35. 2001TapeFilm: Director
  36. 2001Waking LifeFilm: Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat, Director, Writer
  37. 2001Chelsea WallsFilm: Crony 2
  38. 2001Spy KidsFilm: Cool Spy
  39. 1998Scotch and MilkFilm: Cab Passenger
  40. 1998The Newton BoysFilm: Director, Screenplay
  41. 1997SubUrbiaFilm: Director
  42. 1996Beavis and Butt-Head Do AmericaFilm: Tour Bus Driver (voice)
  43. 1995The UnderneathFilm: Ember Doorman
  44. 1995Before SunriseFilm: Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited), Director, Writer
  45. 1993Dazed and ConfusedFilm: Director, Writer
  46. 1992North on EversFilm
  47. 1991Heads I Win/Tails You LoseFilm: Director
  48. 1990SlackerFilm: Should Have Stayed at Bus Station, Director, Writer
  49. 1988It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading BooksFilm: Screenplay, Director
  50. 1985WoodshockFilm: Director

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