Actor

Richard Linklater

Directing

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Movies: 91Series: 9Crew credits: 47

TMDB ID: 564

IMDb ID: nm0000500

Known for: Directing

Born: July 30, 1960

Age: 65

Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1985 - 2026

Years active: 42

Average TMDB rating: 6.64

Wikidata: Q40035

Also known as

ريتشارد لينكليتر • 理查德·林克莱特 • ริชาร์ด ลินเคลเตอร์ • Ричард Линклейтер • リチャード・リンクレイター • 리처드 링클레이터

Other jobs

Director (28)Executive Producer (10)Thanks (4)Producer (2)Director of Photography (1)Screenplay (1)Video Assist Operator (1)

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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.