Directed credits
25
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Richard Linklater
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 24Directed series: 1All crew credits: 48
TMDB ID: 564
IMDb ID: nm0000500
Known for: Directing
Born: July 30, 1960
Age: 66
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2026
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q40035
Also known as
Rick Linklater • Richard Stuart Linklater
Frequent jobs
Director (25)Executive Producer (11)Thanks (5)Producer (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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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Richard Linklater.
Blue Moon
Director
2025 Movie
Nouvelle Vague
Director
2025 Movie
Hit Man
Director
2024 Movie
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Director
2022 Movie
Another Day at the Office
Director
2019 Movie
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Director
2019 Movie
Everybody Wants Some!!
Director
2016 Movie
Boyhood
Director
2014 Movie
Bernie
Director
2012 Movie
Me and Orson Welles
Director
2008 Movie
Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
Director
2008 Movie
A Scanner Darkly
Director
2006 Movie
Bad News Bears
Director
2005 Movie
The School of Rock
Director
2003 Movie
Live from Shiva's Dance Floor
Director
2003 Movie
Tape
Director
2001 Movie
Waking Life
Director
2001 Movie
The Newton Boys
Director
1998 Movie
SubUrbia
Director
1997 Movie
Before Sunrise
Director
1995 Movie
Dazed and Confused
Director
1993 Movie
Heads I Win/Tails You Lose
Director
1991 Movie
Slacker
Director
1990 Movie
Woodshock
Director
1985 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Richard Linklater.
Up to Speed
Director • 6 eps
2012 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Richard Linklater.
Good Will Hunting
Thanks
1997 Movie
Before Sunrise
Director
1995 Movie
Before Sunset
Producer
2004 Movie
Waking Life
Director
2001 Movie
Before Midnight
Producer
2013 Movie
Boyhood
Director
2014 Movie
Dazed and Confused
Director
1993 Movie
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Self
2015 Movie
Nouvelle Vague
Director
2025 Movie
Side by Side
as Self
2012 Movie
The School of Rock
Director
2003 Movie
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Director
2022 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Richard Linklater.
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Richard Linklater.
Good Will Hunting
Thanks
1997 Movie
Blue Moon
Director
2025 Movie
Before Sunrise
Director
1995 Movie
The School of Rock
Director
2003 Movie
Spy Kids
as Cool Spy
2001 Movie
Hit Man
Director
2024 Movie
Dazed and Confused
Director
1993 Movie
Before Sunset
Producer
2004 Movie
Boyhood
Director
2014 Movie
Before Midnight
Producer
2013 Movie
Totally F***ed Up
Thanks
1994 Movie
Nouvelle Vague
Director
2025 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Richard Linklater.
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Last Movie Stars
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Overheard with Evan Smith
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
My Generation
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
God Save Texas
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2024 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Richard Linklater.
How To Not Have Sex
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
Brenda
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
Clemente
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
The Confession
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
The Wasps
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Tape
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
Help Her Live
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Shouting Down Midnight
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
The Pushback
Producer
2020 Movie
Last Flag Flying
Producer
2017 Movie
I Dream Too Much
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
Computer Chess
Thanks
2013 Movie
Before Midnight
Producer
2013 Movie
The Hottest State
Thanks
2007 Movie
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Thanks
2007 Movie
Fast Food Nation
Screenplay
2006 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Richard Linklater.
God Save Texas
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2024 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Richard Linklater.
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
as Self
2026 Movie
Clemente
as Self
2025 Movie
Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
as Self - Director
2025 Movie
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
as Self
2023 Movie
Clerk
as Self
2021 Movie
Another Day at the Office
as Rick
2019 Movie
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
as Self
2019 Movie
Blaze
as Oilman 1
2018 Movie
Also Starring Austin
2018 Movie
More Human Than Human
as Self
2018 Movie
After Before
as Self
2017 Movie
The Space in Between
as Self
2017 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Richard Linklater.
My Generation
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
God Save Texas
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Directors Talks
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
The Last Movie Stars
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
05
as Self • 3 eps
2021 Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Overheard with Evan Smith
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series