Richard Linklater

Known for DirectingBorn 1960-07-30 (age 65)Houston, Texas, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes

Clemente

Help Her Live

Making Dazed

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

The Space in Between

Good Will Hunting

Up to Speed

University, Inc.

Critic

Before Sunrise

Before Sunset

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

Boyhood

Before Midnight

Nouvelle Vague

Waking Life

North on Evers

Heads I Win/Tails You Lose

Side by Side

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

The Confession

Dazed and Confused

Linklater: On Cinema and Time

Also Starring Austin

After Before

The Last Movie Stars

The School of Rock

American Prince

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

God Save Texas

Hit Man

In the Bathtub of the World

Last Flag Flying

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Blue Moon

Never Leave Nevada

Tape

A Scanner Darkly

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Slacker

Bernie

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Totally F***ed Up

In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Everybody Wants Some!!