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Richard Linklater
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American director and screenwriter (born 1960)
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Richard Linklater is a filmmaker whose professional career began in 1985. He has been recognized within the collection of the American Academy Arts Sciences.
Linklater is the father of three children. His birth date is July 30, 1960.
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt — Self2026
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt2026
- Clemente — Self2025
- Le making of de Nouvelle Vague — Self - Director2025
- God Save Texas — Self2024
- My Generation — Self2024
- Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove — Self2024
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society — Self2023
- Directors Talks — Self2023
- The Last Movie Stars — Self2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard Linklater , ( 1960-07-30 ) July 30, 1960 (age 65) , Houston , Texas, U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Spouse
- Christina Harrison
- Children
- 3, including Lorelei
- Awards
- Full list
- Website
- detourfilm .com
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Described at
Il valore del tempo nel cinema di Linklater -
Nelle scene dei suoi film, il regista Richard Linklater imprigiona la poeticità del quotidiano grazie a un utilizzo sapiente del tempo.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Child
- Lorelei Linklater
- Occupation
- animator
- Educated at
- Austin Community College District
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- School of Rock
- Sport
- baseball
- Official website
- www.detourfilm.com
- Image
- Richard Linklater Blue Moon-26 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Residence
- Austin
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- Commons category
- Richard Linklater
- date of birth
- 1960-07-30
- lifestyle
- vegetarianism
- birth name
- Richard Stuart Linklater
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Richard Linklater
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Richard Linklater
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
- web feed URL
- www.detourfilm.com/home?format=rss
- influenced by
- Éric Rohmer
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Linklater (/ˈlɪnkleɪtər/; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films which deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Silver Bear, a César Award, and five Academy Award nominations.
His films include the comedies Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993); the romance films Before trilogy (1995–2013); 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); the action romantic comedy Hit Man (2023); and the biographical films Blue Moon (2025) and Nouvelle Vague (2025).
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