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