Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater is an American director and screenwriter from Texas who broke out with his low-budget 1991 film Slacker. After a number of highly acclaimed independent movies, including Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise and Waking Life, Linklater transitioned into larger budget studio pictures, such as School of Rock and a remake of the Bad News Bears. His latest pictures is a film adaptation of the 2001 book Fast Food Nation.

Fast Facts

Birth Name: Richard Stuart Linklater
Birth Date: July 30, 1960
Birth Place: Houston, Texas
Before becoming a filmmaker he worked on an off-shore oil rig
Has his own Production company, Detour Films, based in Austin, Texas
Shoots most of his films in Texas
Many of his films take place in one day
Grand Jury Prize Nomination at Sundance Film Festival for Slackers
Academy Award Nomination for Before Sunset
Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2007

Filmography

1989: It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1991: Slacker
1991: Heads I Win/Tails You Lose
1993: Dazed and Confused
1995: Before Sunrise
1996: subUrbia
1998: The Newton Boys
2001: Waking Life
2001: Tape
2003: Live from Shiva's Dance Floor
2003: School of Rock
2004: $5.15/hour
2004: Before Sunset
2005: Bad News Bears
2006: A Scanner Darkly
2006: Fast Food Nation

Categories

Entertainment | Film Directors and Producers | Filmmakers and Producers

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Richard Linklater Timeline

Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
July 30, 1960: Born
1985: Founded Austin Film Society
1991: Slackers
1993: Dazed and Confused
1995: Before Sunrise
1998: The Newton Boys
2001: Waking Life
2003: The School of Rock
2004: Before Sunset
2005: Bad News Bears
2006: Fast Food Nation
2006: A Scanner Darkly
2008: Inning by Inning: A Coach's Progress
2013: Boyhood

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