Famous Like Me > Director > L > Richard Linklater
Profile of Richard Linklater
on Famous Like Me |
| |
| Name: |
Richard Linklater |
|
| |
|
| Also Know As: |
|
| |
|
| Date of Birth: |
30th July 1960 |
| |
|
| Place of Birth: |
Houston, Texas, USA |
| |
|
| Profession: |
Director |
| |
|
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Richard Linklater (born July 30, 1960, in Houston, Texas, USA) is an American film director and writer.
He is best known for his independent films, which feature characters having grand (or not so grand) philosophical discussions. He also founded the Austin Film Society in 1985, and is lauded for launching and solidifying the city of Austin as a hub for independent filmmaking.
Many of Linklater's films take place in one day, a technique that has gained popularity in recent years. Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, and Before Sunset are examples of this method.
In 2005, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his film Before Sunset.
Filmography
- A Scanner Darkly
- Bad News Bears (2005)
- Before Sunset (2004)
- School of Rock (2003)
- Tape (2001)
- Waking Life (2001)
- The Newton Boys (1998)
- subUrbia (1996)
- Before Sunrise (1995)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Heads I Win/Tails You Lose (1991)
- Slacker (1991)
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1989)
His first full-length feature, It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books, made its debut in DVD form in the Criterion Collection's 2-disc set of Slacker, on the second disc.
External link
- Richard Linklater at the Internet Movie Database
- Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
- Channel 4 - The Art Show, documentary film by Irshad Ashraf
This content from
Wikipedia is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article Richard Linklater
|
