Richard Linklater
Directing • Born 1960-07-30
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Spy Kids
Movie • 2001
Cool Spy
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RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
Movie • 2008
Principal Mallard
The Underneath
Movie • 1995
Ember Doorman
Slacker
Movie • 1990
Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
Clerk
Movie • 2021
Self
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Movie • 2023
Self
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Movie • 1988
University, Inc.
Movie • 1999
Self
Making Of School of Rock
Movie
Self
Side by Side
Movie • 2012
Self
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Movie • 2007
Self
The King of Texas
Movie • 2008
Self
Before Sunrise
Movie • 1995
Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
Movie • 2013
Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Movie • 2025
Self
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Movie • 2007
Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Movie • 2015
Self
Clemente
Movie • 2025
Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Movie • 2025
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Movie • 2004
Self
Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent
Movie • 2015
Self
Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket
Movie • 2016
Self
Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet
Movie • 2015
Self
American Prince
Movie • 2009
Self - Interviewer
Making Dazed
Movie • 2005
Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Movie • 2016
Self
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Movie • 1996
Tour Bus Driver (voice)
Great Directors
Movie • 2009
Self
The Space in Between
Movie • 2017
Self
At Sundance
Movie • 1995
Self
Letters to Thomas
Movie • 2000
Self
After Before
Movie • 2017
Self
Blaze
Movie • 2018
Oilman 1
More Human Than Human
Movie • 2018
Self
Also Starring Austin
Movie • 2018
Scotch and Milk
Movie • 1998
Cab Passenger
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
Movie • 2019
Self
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Movie • 2006
Self
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Movie • 2006
Self
Critic
Movie • 2008
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie • 2014
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Another Day at the Office
Movie • 2019
Rick
North on Evers
Movie • 1992
Waking Life
Movie • 2001
Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Movie • 2014
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Chelsea Walls
Movie • 2001
Crony 2
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Movie • 2009
Self
Twelve Years
Movie • 2015
Self
Bernie
Movie • 2012
Deadbeat Dad (uncredited)
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
Movie • 2013
Self (voice)
The Hottest State
Movie • 2007
John Wayne Enthusiast
In the Bathtub of the World
Movie • 2001
Self
... End of Interview!
Movie • 2004
Self
Viva Les Amis
Movie • 2005
Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Movie • 2004
Self
Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
Movie • 2025
Self - Director
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
Movie
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 2005
Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
Movie
05
TV • 2021
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
Self
God Save Texas
TV • 2024
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Directors Talks
TV • 2023
Self
My Generation
TV • 2024
Self