Richard Linklater
Known for: Directing
Born: July 30, 1960
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
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.
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Filmography
103 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
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How To Not Have Sex
2026
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Brenda
2026
6.6
Blue Moon
2025
7.2
Nouvelle Vague
2025
9.0
Clemente
2025
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Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
2025
7.0
The Confession
2025
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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
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The Wasps
2025
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Tape
2024
1.0
My Generation
2024
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Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
2024
6.8
Hit Man
2024
6.3
God Save Texas
2024
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Directors Talks
2023
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Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023
9.0
Help Her Live
2022
7.0
The Last Movie Stars
2022
7.0
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022
1.0
Shouting Down Midnight
2022
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05
2021
6.2
Clerk
2021
4.0
The Pushback
2020
5.0
Another Day at the Office
2019
6.6
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
5.7
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
2019
6.3
Blaze
2018
7.0
Also Starring Austin
2018
5.2
More Human Than Human
2018
6.7
Last Flag Flying
2017
8.0
The Space in Between
2017
7.0
After Before
2017
6.8
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
4.8
I Dream Too Much
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Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket
2016
6.4
Everybody Wants Some!!
2016
7.2
Hitchcock/Truffaut
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Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet
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Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent
2015
6.0
Twelve Years
2015
6.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
6.3
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
7.5
Boyhood
2014
5.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
7.2
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
2013
6.4
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
2013
6.1
Computer Chess
2013
7.5
Before Midnight
2013
7.3
Side by Side
2012
8.0
Up to Speed
2012
6.6
Bernie
2012
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Overheard with Evan Smith
2010
6.1
Great Directors
2009
7.0
American Prince
2009
5.8
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009
6.4
Me and Orson Welles
2008
5.0
Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
2008![RSO [Registered Sex Offender]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw342%2F6HYQIIK4whVpwNYSOTBD2UqolAr.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
5.4
RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2008
6.0
The King of Texas
2008
7.9
Critic
2008
5.5
The Hottest State
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Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007
6.6
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
2007
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The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
7.0
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006
8.2
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
6.1
Fast Food Nation
2006
6.8
A Scanner Darkly
2006
5.8
Bad News Bears
2005
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Viva Les Amis
2005
9.0
Making Dazed
2005
10.0
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
2005
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Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
7.7
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004
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... End of Interview!
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Texas: America Supersized
2004
7.8
Before Sunset
2004
7.1
The School of Rock
2003
6.0
Live from Shiva's Dance Floor
2003
6.9
Tape
2001
7.5
Waking Life
2001
4.3
Chelsea Walls
2001
7.0
In the Bathtub of the World
2001
5.8
Spy Kids
2001
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Letters to Thomas
2000
8.0
University, Inc.
1999
6.4
Scotch and Milk
1998
6.1
The Newton Boys
1998
8.2
Good Will Hunting
1997
6.2
SubUrbia
1997
6.6
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
5.7
The Underneath
1995
8.0
Before Sunrise
1995
5.8
At Sundance
1995
6.6
Totally F***ed Up
1994
7.3
Dazed and Confused
1993
7.5
North on Evers
1992
7.5
Heads I Win/Tails You Lose
1991
6.7
Slacker
1990
7.0
Never Leave Nevada
1990
5.4
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1988
6.0
Woodshock
1985
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Making of School of Rock
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Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
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Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
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Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project
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Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project
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Merrily We Roll Along
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Queen Takes Bishop
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Deep Eddy
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Hippies
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Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic
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