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Self-taught writer-director Richard Linklater was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. Typically setting each of his movies during one 24-hour period, Linklater's work explored what he dubbed "the youth rebellion continuum,"... See full bio »

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Richard Stuart Linklater
in Houston, Texas, USA
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Hide HideDirector (23 titles)
2015 Untitled 12-Year Project (filming)
 
2013 Before Midnight
 
2012 Up to Speed (TV series)
– New York City: The Beauty of Randomness (2012)
– The Tour Guide Convention (2012)
– Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas Jefferson (2012)
– Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the Midwest (2012)
– Chicago: To Conjure a Lost Neighborhood (2012)
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2011 Bernie
 
2008 Me and Orson Welles
 
2008 Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach (documentary)
 
2006 A Scanner Darkly
 
2006 Fast Food Nation
 
2005 Bad News Bears
 
2004 Before Sunset
 
2004 $5.15/Hr. (TV movie)
 
2003 The School of Rock
 
2003 Live from Shiva's Dance Floor (short)
 
2001 Tape
 
2001 Waking Life
 
1998 The Newton Boys
 
1996 SubUrbia
 
1995 Before Sunrise
 
1993 Dazed and Confused
 
1991 Slacker
 
1991 Heads I Win/Tails You Lose (video)
 
1988 It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
 
1985 Woodshock (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (11 titles)
2013 Before Midnight (producer)
 
2012 Up to Speed (TV series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
– New York City: The Beauty of Randomness (2012) (executive producer)
– The Tour Guide Convention (2012) (executive producer)
– Virginia: The Many Flavors of Thomas Jefferson (2012) (executive producer)
– Kansas & Missouri: In the Middle of the Middle of the Midwest (2012) (executive producer)
– Chicago: To Conjure a Lost Neighborhood (2012) (executive producer)
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2011 Bernie (producer)
 
2008 Me and Orson Welles (producer)
 
2005 Bad News Bears (producer)
 
2004 Before Sunset (producer)
 
2004 $5.15/Hr. (TV movie) (producer)
 
1993 Dazed and Confused (producer)
 
1991 Slacker (producer)
 
1991 Heads I Win/Tails You Lose (video) (producer)
 
1988 It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (14 titles)
2015 Untitled 12-Year Project (written by) (filming)
 
2013 Before Midnight (characters / written by)
 
2012 Up to Speed (TV series)
 
2011 Bernie (screenplay)
 
2006 A Scanner Darkly (screenplay)
 
2006 Fast Food Nation (written by)
 
2004 Before Sunset (characters / screenplay / story)
 
2004 $5.15/Hr. (TV movie)
 
2001 Waking Life (written by)
 
1998 The Newton Boys (screenplay)
 
1995 Before Sunrise (written by)
 
1993 Dazed and Confused (written by)
 
1991 Slacker
 
1988 It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (concept)
 
Show ShowActor (10 titles)
2008 RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
Principal Mallard
 
2006 The Hottest State
John Wayne Enthusiast
 
2001 Chelsea Walls
Crony 2 (as Rick Linklater)
 
2001 Spy Kids
Cool Spy
 
2001 Waking Life
Pinball Playing Man/Man on Back of Boat
 
1998 Scotch and Milk
Cab Passenger
 
1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Tour Bus Driver (voice)
 
1995 Underneath
Ember Doorman
 
1991 Slacker
Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
 
1988 It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
 
Show ShowCinematographer (3 titles)
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
2001 Tape (camera operator)
 
Show ShowThanks (26 titles)
2013 Mi Familia Es Tu Familia (Ant Dip) (short) (special thanks)
 
2012 Cry for Revenge (special thanks)
 
2011 The Man Who Never Cried (short) (special thanks)
 
2010/I Ashes (very special thanks)
 
2010 A Gang Land Love Story (very special thanks)
 
2008 Food, Inc. (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2007 Death Proof (special thanks - as Rick Linklater)
 
2006 One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
2006 The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
2006 The Hottest State (thanks)
 
2006 Horrors of War (thanks)
 
2006 Tales of the Rat Fink (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2006 Come Early Morning (special thanks)
 
2004 Tortured by Joy (short) (thanks)
 
2004 Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2004 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (special thanks - as Rick Linklater)
 
2002 Nightstand (short) (the producers wish to thank)
 
2001 Chelsea Walls (special thanks)
 
2000 The Mecca (short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Hamlet (special thanks)
 
1998 They Come at Night (thanks)
 
1997 Good Will Hunting (thanks)
 
1997 Full Tilt Boogie (documentary) (special thanks - as Rick Linklater)
 
1994 Clerks. (special thanks: for leading the way)
 
1993 Totally F***ed Up (special thanks - as Rick Linklater)
 
Show ShowSelf (28 titles)
2012 Arts in Context (TV series documentary)
Himself
– All My Friends Are Vampires (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Overheard (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Richard Linklater (2012) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2012 Side by Side (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series)
Himself - 'Me and Orson Welles'
– Episode #1.16 (2011) … Himself - 'Me and Orson Welles'
 
2001-2009 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 7 December 2009 (2009) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 6 November 2001 (2001) … Himself - Guest
 
2009 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.9 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Great Directors (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 American Prince (documentary)
Himself - Interviewer
 
2008 Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Münchner (Filmfest-)Geschichten - 25 Jahre Filmfest München (TV documentary)
 
2007 The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (video documentary short)
Himself - Director & Screenwriter
 
2006 One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (video documentary short)
Himself - Director & Screenplay
 
2006 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself
– Richard Linklater (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Austin Movie Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.10 (2006) … Himself - Guest
 
2006 Imagine (TV series)
Himself
– The Movie Brats, Take Two (2006) … Himself
 
2006 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.134 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Filmography (TV series documentary)
Himself - Director
– Keanu Reeves (2005) … Himself - Director
 
2004 The Art Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Linklater: St. Richard of Austin (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy (video documentary short)
Himself - Director
 
2004 On the Set of 'Before Sunset' (video documentary short)
Himself - Director
 
2002 Festival Pass with Chris Gore (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Waking Life (2001) … Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Richard Linklater … Himself
 
1999 University, Inc. (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 At Sundance (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Janis Joplin Slept Here (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies (TV series)
 

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Slacker -- Richard Linklater's debut feature is a comic kaleidoscopic portrait of the quirky characters stuck in a college town (it's Austin, Texas, but it could stand for hundreds of such places), a devilishly clever and endlessly inventive film. Up to Speed: : -- Speed wanders through the chaos of New York City – a metropolitan hub teeming with simultaneous bouts of randomness and synchronicity. Bad News Bears -- Clip: Screw Ball
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Rick Linklater

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:

I would have loved to have been a '40s studio director like Vincente Minnelli. You ended up with a real diverse career. Now you don't get a call from [Darryl F. Zanuck] saying, "Come do this movie on Monday". So you have to do it on your own. See more »

Trivia:

Cut his directorial teeth on a $3,000 Super-8 feature. See more »

Trademark:

His films often take place within a single day See more »

Star Sign:

Leo