Richard Linklater

Directing

Born July 30, 1960 in 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).

Filmography

Making of School of Rock

Self

Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes

Queen Takes Bishop

How to not have sex

Brenda

Blue Moon

Nouvelle Vague

Clemente

Self

Le making of de Nouvelle Vague

Self - Director

The Confession

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Self

The Wasps

Tape

My Generation

Self

Hit Man

God Save Texas

Self

Directors Talks

Self

Art-House America: Austin Film Society

Self

Help Her Live

The Last Movie Stars

Self

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Shouting Down Midnight

Self

Clerk

Self

The Pushback

Another Day at the Office

Rick

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius

Self

Blaze

Oilman 1

Also Starring Austin

More Human Than Human

Self

Last Flag Flying

The Space in Between

Self

After Before

Self

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Self

I Dream Too Much

Everybody Wants Some!!

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Self

Twelve Years

Self

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

21 Years: Richard Linklater

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Boyhood

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Self

Linklater: On Cinema and Time

Self (voice)

Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater

Self

Before Midnight

Side by Side

Self

Up to Speed

Bernie

Deadbeat Dad (uncredited)

Overheard with Evan Smith

Self

Great Directors

Self

American Prince

Self - Interviewer

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

Self

Me and Orson Welles

Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach

RSO [Registered Sex Offender]

Principal Mallard

The King of Texas

Self

Critic

Self

The Hottest State

John Wayne Enthusiast

In Search of a Midnight Kiss

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

Self

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

Self

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

Self

Fast Food Nation

A Scanner Darkly

Bad News Bears

Viva Les Amis

Self

Making Dazed

Self

Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

Self

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

Self

... End of Interview!

Self

Before Sunset

The School of Rock

Live from Shiva's Dance Floor

Tape

Waking Life

Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat

Chelsea Walls

Crony 2

In the Bathtub of the World

Self

Spy Kids

Cool Spy

Letters to Thomas

Self

University, Inc.

Self

Scotch and Milk

Cab Passenger

The Newton Boys

Good Will Hunting

SubUrbia

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Tour Bus Driver (voice)

The Daily Show

Self

The Underneath

Ember Doorman

Before Sunrise

Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)

At Sundance

Self

Totally F***ed Up

Dazed and Confused

North on Evers

Heads I Win/Tails You Lose

Slacker

Should Have Stayed at Bus Station

Never Leave Nevada

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

Woodshock