
Richard Linklater
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1960-07-30
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
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.
Known for

Spy Kids
2001Cool Spy![RSO [Registered Sex Offender]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6HYQIIK4whVpwNYSOTBD2UqolAr.jpg)
RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2008Principal Mallard
The Underneath
1995Ember Doorman
Slacker
1990Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
Clerk
2021Self
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023Self
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1988
University, Inc.
1999Self
Making of School of Rock
Self
Side by Side
2012Self
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007Self
The King of Texas
2008Self
Before Sunrise
1995Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
2013Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025SelfMunich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015Self
Clemente
2025Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025