
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.
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Acting (51 movies)

Spy Kids
2001
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RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2008

The Underneath
1995

Slacker
1991

Clerk
2021

Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1988

University, Inc.
1999

Side by Side
2012

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007

The King of Texas
2008

Before Sunrise
1995

Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
2013

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025

Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015

Clemente
2025

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004

American Prince
2009

Making Dazed
2005

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996

Great Directors
2009

The Space in Between
2017

At Sundance
1995

Letters to Thomas
2000

After Before
2017

Blaze
2018

More Human Than Human
2018

Also Starring Austin
2018

Scotch and Milk
1998

J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
2019

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006

Critic
2008

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014

Another Day at the Office
2019

North on Evers
1992

Waking Life
2001

21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014

Chelsea Walls
2001

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009

Twelve Years
2015

Bernie
2012

Linklater: On Cinema and Time
2013

The Hottest State
2007

In the Bathtub of the World
2001

... End of Interview!
2004

Viva Les Amis
2005

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004

Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
2025
Directing (29 movies)

Before Sunrise
1995

Before Sunset
2004

School of Rock
2003

Heads I Win/Tails You Lose
1991

A Scanner Darkly
2006

Fast Food Nation
2006

Tape
2001

Waking Life
2001

Me and Orson Welles
2008

SubUrbia
1997

Dazed and Confused
1993

Bad News Bears
2005

Slacker
1991

The Newton Boys
1998

Bernie
2012

Boyhood
2014

Before Midnight
2013

Hit Man
2024

Woodshock
1985

Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
2008

Live from Shiva's Dance Floor
2003

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1988

Everybody Wants Some!!
2016

Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019

Last Flag Flying
2017

Nouvelle Vague
2025

Blue Moon
2025

Another Day at the Office
2019

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022