Richard Linklater
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 30, 1960, Houston, Texas, USA
- Movies
- 87
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.
Upcoming Richard Linklater Movies
Making of School of Rock
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Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2025 | Blue Moon | Producer, Director |
| 2025 | Nouvelle Vague | Director |
| 2024 | Hit Man | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
| 2022 | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2020 | The Pushback | Producer |
| 2019 | Another Day at the Office | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Director, Screenplay |
| 2017 | Last Flag Flying | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
| 2016 | Everybody Wants Some!! | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2014 | Boyhood | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2013 | Before Midnight | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2012 | Bernie | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2008 | Me and Orson Welles | Director, Producer |
| 2008 | Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach | Director |
| 2006 | Fast Food Nation | Screenplay, Director |
| 2006 | A Scanner Darkly | Screenplay, Director |
| 2005 | Bad News Bears | Director, Producer |
| 2004 | Before Sunset | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 2003 | The School of Rock | Director |
| 2003 | Live from Shiva's Dance Floor | Director |
| 2001 | Tape | Director |
| 2001 | Waking Life | Director, Writer |
| 1998 | The Newton Boys | Director, Screenplay |
| 1997 | SubUrbia | Director |
| 1995 | Before Sunrise | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | Dazed and Confused | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1991 | Heads I Win/Tails You Lose | Director |
| 1990 | Slacker | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1988 | It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1985 | Woodshock | Director |
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