Directed credits
26
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Richard Linklater
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.8
Moderate attention
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Directed movies: 24Directed series: 2All crew 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
Frequent jobs
Director (26)Executive Producer (9)Producer (5)Thanks (4)Screenplay (2)Video Assist Operator (1)
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Linklater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Richard Linklater.
6.6
Blue Moon
Director
2025 Movie
7.4
Nouvelle Vague
Director
2025 Movie
6.8
Hit Man
Director
2024 Movie
7.0
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Director
2022 Movie
5.0
Another Day at the Office
Director
2019 Movie
6.6
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Director
2019 Movie
6.4
Everybody Wants Some!!
Director
2016 Movie
7.5
Boyhood
Director
2014 Movie
6.6
Bernie
Director
2012 Movie
6.4
Me and Orson Welles
Director
2008 Movie
5.0
Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
Director
2008 Movie
6.8
A Scanner Darkly
Director
2006 Movie
5.8
Bad News Bears
Director
2005 Movie
7.1
School of Rock
Director
2003 Movie
4.5
Live from Shiva's Dance Floor
Director
2003 Movie
6.9
Tape
Director
2001 Movie
7.5
Waking Life
Director
2001 Movie
6.1
The Newton Boys
Director
1998 Movie
6.2
SubUrbia
Director
1997 Movie
8.0
Before Sunrise
Director
1995 Movie
7.3
Dazed and Confused
Director
1993 Movie
8.0
Heads I Win/Tails You Lose
Director
1991 Movie
6.7
Slacker
Director
1990 Movie
5.8
Woodshock
Director
1985 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Richard Linklater.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Richard Linklater.
8.2
Good Will Hunting
Thanks
1997 Movie
8.0
Before Sunrise
Director
1995 Movie
7.8
Before Sunset
Producer
2004 Movie
7.5
Before Midnight
Producer
2013 Movie
7.5
Boyhood
Director
2014 Movie
7.5
Waking Life
Director
2001 Movie
7.4
Nouvelle Vague
Director
2025 Movie
7.3
Dazed and Confused
Director
1993 Movie
7.2
Side by Side
as Self
2012 Movie
7.2
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Self
2015 Movie
7.1
School of Rock
Director
2003 Movie
7.0
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Director
2022 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Richard Linklater.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Richard Linklater.
8.2
Good Will Hunting
Thanks
1997 Movie
6.6
Blue Moon
Director
2025 Movie
7.1
School of Rock
Director
2003 Movie
6.8
Hit Man
Director
2024 Movie
8.0
Before Sunrise
Director
1995 Movie
7.4
Nouvelle Vague
Director
2025 Movie
5.8
Spy Kids
as Cool Spy
2001 Movie
7.5
Boyhood
Director
2014 Movie
7.3
Dazed and Confused
Director
1993 Movie
7.8
Before Sunset
Producer
2004 Movie
6.8
A Scanner Darkly
Director
2006 Movie
7.5
Waking Life
Director
2001 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Richard Linklater.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Richard Linklater.
Brenda
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
9.0
Clemente
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
7.0
The Confession
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
The Wasps
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Tape
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
9.0
Help Her Live
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
1.0
Shouting Down Midnight
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
4.0
The Pushback
Producer
2020 Movie
6.8
Last Flag Flying
Producer
2017 Movie
4.8
I Dream Too Much
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
7.5
Before Midnight
Producer
2013 Movie
5.4
The Hottest State
Thanks
2007 Movie
6.6
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Thanks
2007 Movie
6.1
Fast Food Nation
Screenplay
2006 Movie
7.8
Before Sunset
Producer
2004 Movie
8.2
Good Will Hunting
Thanks
1997 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Richard Linklater.
9.0
Clemente
as Self
2025 Movie
Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
as Self - Director
2025 Movie
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
as Self
2025 Movie
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
as Self
2023 Movie
6.2
Clerk
as Self
2021 Movie
5.0
Another Day at the Office
as Rick
2019 Movie
5.6
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
as Self
2019 Movie
6.3
Blaze
as Oilman 1
2018 Movie
7.0
Also Starring Austin
2018 Movie
5.2
More Human Than Human
as Self
2018 Movie
7.0
After Before
as Self
2017 Movie
8.0
The Space in Between
as Self
2017 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Richard Linklater.
1.0
My Generation
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
6.8
God Save Texas
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Directors Talks
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.9
The Last Movie Stars
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
05
as Self • 3 eps
2021 Series
4.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series