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Richard Linklater is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 30 july 1960 at Houston (USA)

Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater
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Birth name Richard Stuart Linklater
Nationality USA
Birth 30 july 1960 (63 years) at Houston (USA)

Richard Stuart Linklater (born July 30, 1960) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for films such as Slacker, Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, and Before Sunrise and its sequels.

Best films

Good Will Hunting (1998)
(Thanks)
Spy Kids (2001)
(Actor)
School of Rock (2003)
(Director)
Boyhood (2014)
(Director)
Before Sunset (2004)
(Director)
Before Midnight (2013)
(Director)

Usually with

John Sloss
John Sloss
(14 films)
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke
(10 films)
Lee Daniel
Lee Daniel
(7 films)
Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy
(4 films)
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Filmography of Richard Linklater (35 films)

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Hitchcock/Truffaut, 1h19
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Bob Balaban, Mathieu Amalric, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, David Fincher
Roles Self
Rating72% 3.6485253.6485253.6485253.6485253.648525
Le documentaire retrace la genèse du célèbre livre de Truffaut et des entretiens qu'il a enregistré avec Alfred Hitchcock dans les studios Universal en 1962.
Bernie
Bernie (2012)
, 1h39
Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Gabriel Luna, Juli Erickson, Merrilee McCommas
Roles Deadbeat Dad (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.398533.398533.398533.398533.39853
In small-town Carthage, Texas, local assistant mortician Bernie Tiede, a beloved member of the community, becomes the only friend of the wealthy, recently widowed Marjorie Nugent, who is widely considered cold and unpleasant by the other townsfolk. Tiede, in his late 30s, and the elderly Nugent quickly become inseparable, frequently traveling and lunching together, though Tiede's social life becomes hindered by Nugent's constant and sometimes abusive need for his attention.
Side by Side, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors James Cameron, David Fincher, John Malkovich, Danny Boyle, David Lynch, Robert Rodríguez
Roles Self
Rating75% 3.795693.795693.795693.795693.79569
The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. It shows what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital.
Great Directors, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors David Lynch, Todd Haynes, Stephen Frears, Agnès Varda, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater
Roles Self
Rating63% 3.1903653.1903653.1903653.1903653.190365
Great Directors features interviews with Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles.
Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero
Directed by Rusty Nails
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors George A. Romero, Dario Argento, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodríguez, Stephen King, John Landis
Rating61% 3.087223.087223.087223.087223.08722
Nails' documentary, Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero will go over Romero’s body of film work as it stands to date. The film will also examine a number of aspects of George's work, working method, and association with the independent and Hollywood film communities. Among the interviewees are Dennis Hopper, Ed Harris, Stephen King, John Carpenter, Dario Argento, Danny Boyle, John Waters, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Penn Jillette, Roger Ebert and Tom Savini. Dead On will investigate Romero's lifelong fascination with making films.
The Hottest State, 1h57
Directed by Ethan Hawke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Michelle Williams, Glen Powell, Ethan Hawke, Laura Linney
Roles John Wayne Enthusiast
Rating59% 2.9974552.9974552.9974552.9974552.997455
The film tells the story of a 20-year-old actor William (Mark Webber) who falls in love for the first time with an aspiring singer, Sarah (Catalina Sandino Moreno). As their love blossoms and languishes, young William reexamines himself and his relationship with his mother Jesse (Laura Linney) and estranged father Vince (Hawke himself).
Waking Life, 1h39
Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Wiley Wiggins, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater, Alex Jones, Adam Goldberg
Roles Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
Rating76% 3.8485353.8485353.8485353.8485353.848535
Waking Life is about an unnamed young man living an ethereal existence that lacks transitions between everyday events and that eventually progresses toward an existential crisis. For most of the film he observes quietly but later participates actively in philosophical discussions involving other characters—ranging from quirky scholars and artists to everyday restaurant-goers and friends—about such issues as metaphysics, free will, social philosophy, and the meaning of life. Other scenes do not even include the protagonist's presence, but rather, focus on a random isolated person, group of people, or couple engaging in such topics from a disembodied perspective. Along the way, the film touches also upon existentialism, situationist politics, posthumanity, the film theory of André Bazin, and lucid dreaming, and makes references to various celebrated intellectual and literary figures by name.
Chelsea Walls, 1h49
Directed by Ethan Hawke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about suicide, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Uma Thurman, Guillermo Díaz, Robert Sean Leonard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Natasha Richardson
Roles Crony 2
Rating48% 2.405472.405472.405472.405472.40547
The film tells five stories of a number of artists as they spend a single day in New York's famed bohemian home Chelsea Hotel, struggling with their arts and personal lives.
Spy Kids
Spy Kids (2001)
, 1h28
Directed by Robert Rodríguez
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about families, Children's films
Actors Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming, Richard Linklater
Roles Cool Spy
Rating56% 2.8024752.8024752.8024752.8024752.802475
Ingrid and Gregorio Cortez (Carla Gugino and Antonio Banderas) are rival spies who fall in love with each other. They eventually retire and have two children, Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara). They currently work for the Organization of Super Spies (OSS) doing desk work. Content with the safety of their family, the two still yearn for field work. Meanwhile, the children think their parents are boring and have no idea of their previous work. Eventually, Ingrid and Gregorio are called back into the field when several agents go missing. Gregorio thinks that a kids' TV show star Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming) has kidnapped the agents and mutated them into his "Fooglies", creatures on his show that speak in gibberish.
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, 1h21
Directed by Mike Judge
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Mike Judge, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Robert Stack, Cloris Leachman, Richard Linklater
Roles Tour Bus Driver (voice)
Rating67% 3.3990153.3990153.3990153.3990153.399015
After a surreal dream of the two of them menacing a city as giants, Beavis and Butt-head wake up to realize that someone has stolen their television. The pair then embark on a quest to find it. After several mishaps involving searching for a television, they visit a low-quality motel that advertises "TVs in every room". There, they encounter Muddy Grimes, who is waiting for two hired hitmen (later revealed to be the same people who stole Beavis and Butt-head's television) to murder his wife, Dallas. Muddy (who is drunk), thinking that Beavis and Butt-head are the killers he has contacted, says that they must "do" (murder) his wife. Thinking that by "do" Muddy means "score with", Butt-head convinces Beavis that both of them can "score" as well as, they'll get paid and they can buy a new television. Muddy hands them a photograph of Dallas with instructions on where to find her. He then drives them to the airport to catch a plane to Las Vegas.
The Underneath, 1h39
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Paul Dooley, Joe Don Baker, Shelley Duvall
Roles Ember Doorman
Rating60% 3.046953.046953.046953.046953.04695
Michael Chambers returns home to celebrate his mother's remarriage. Michael had fled his hometown due to gambling indiscretions and had left his wife Rachel to deal with the mess he created. He must now reassimilate into the town, renew his relationships with his family and friends (and enemies) and, most of all, seek out his ex-wife to woo her again.
Before Sunrise, 1h45
Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl, Erni Mangold, Dominik Castell
Roles Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)
Rating80% 4.049184.049184.049184.049184.04918
The film starts on June 16, 1994 with Jesse meeting Céline on a train from Budapest and striking up a conversation with her. Jesse is going to Vienna to catch a flight back to the United States, whereas Céline is returning to university in Paris after visiting her grandmother. When they reach Vienna, Jesse convinces Céline to disembark with him, saying that 10 or 20 years down the road, she might not be happy with her marriage and might wonder how her life would have been different if she had picked another guy, and this is a chance to realize that he himself is not that different from the rest; in his words, he is "the same boring, unmotivated guy." Jesse has to catch a flight early in the morning and does not have enough money to rent a room for the night, so they decide to roam around in Vienna.
Slacker
Slacker (1991)
, 1h40
Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Richard Linklater, Abra Moore, Athiná-Rachél Tsangári, Lee Daniel, Robert Jacks, Tommy Pallotta
Roles Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
Rating69% 3.4981253.4981253.4981253.4981253.498125
Slacker is a uniquely structured and seemingly plotless film, following a single day in the life of an ensemble of mostly under-40 bohemians and misfits in Austin, Texas. The film follows various characters and scenes, never staying with one character or conversation for more than a few minutes before picking up someone else in the scene and following them. The characters include Linklater as a talkative taxi passenger, a UFO buff who insists the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a JFK conspiracy theorist, an elderly anarchist who befriends a man trying to rob his house, a serial television set collector, and a hipster woman trying to sell a Madonna pap smear. The woman selling the pap smear appears on the film poster, and was played by Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Taylor. Most of the characters grapple with feelings of social exclusion or political marginalization, which are recurring themes in their conversations. They discuss social class, terrorism, joblessness, and government control of the media.