Biography and filmography

Richard Linklater

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.

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Movies (106)

The Movie Lovers

2027 · Executive Producer

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

2026 · Self

How To Not Have Sex

2026 · Executive Producer

Brenda

2026 · Executive Producer

Each Day in a Moment: 2025

2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Luna Azul

2025 · Director, Producer

Nouvelle Vague

2025 · Director

Clemente

2025 · Self, Executive Producer

RICK or le making of de nouvelle vague

2025 · Self - Director

The Confession

2025 · Executive Producer

The Wasps

2025 · Executive Producer

Tape

2024 · Executive Producer

Hit Man

2024 · Director, Producer, Screenplay

Art-House America: Austin Film Society

2023 · Self

Help Her Live

2022 · Executive Producer

Apolo 10 1/2: Una infancia espacial

2022 · Director, Producer, Writer

Shouting Down Midnight

2022 · Executive Producer

Clerk

2021 · Self

The Pushback

2020 · Producer

Another Day at the Office

2019 · Rick, Director, Writer, Producer

¿Dónde estás, Bernadette?

2019 · Director, Screenplay

Diane

2019 · Thanks

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

2019 · Self

Blaze

2018 · Oilman 1

Also Starring Austin

2018

More Human Than Human

2018 · Self

Last Flag Flying

2017 · Producer, Director, Screenplay

The Space in Between

2017 · Self

After Before

2017 · Self

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

2016 · Self

I Dream Too Much

2016 · Executive Producer

Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket

2016 · Self

Todos queremos algo

2016 · Director, Writer, Producer

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015 · Self

Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet

2015 · Self

Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent

2015 · Self

Twelve Years

2015 · Self

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

21 Years: Richard Linklater

2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Boyhood: Momentos de una vida

2014 · Director, Writer, Producer

Linklater: On Cinema and Time

2013 · Self (voice)

Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater

2013 · Self

Computer Chess

2013 · Thanks

Antes de la medianoche

2013 · Director, Producer, Writer, Characters

Side by Side

2012 · Self

Bernie

2012 · Deadbeat Dad (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer

Great Directors

2009 · Self

American Prince

2009 · Self - Interviewer

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

2009 · Self

Me and Orson Welles

2008 · Director, Producer

Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach

2008 · Director

RSO [Registered Sex Offender]

2008 · Principal Mallard

The King of Texas

2008 · Self

Critic

2008 · Self

The Hottest State

2007 · John Wayne Enthusiast, Thanks

Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest

2007 · Self

In Search of a Midnight Kiss

2007 · Thanks

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

2007 · Self

The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

2006 · Self

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

2006 · Self

Fast Food Nation

2006 · Director, Screenplay

Una mirada a la oscuridad

2006 · Director, Screenplay

Bad News Bears

2005 · Director, Producer

Viva Les Amis

2005 · Self

Making Dazed

2005 · Self

Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes

2005

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

2004 · Self

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

2004 · Self

... End of Interview!

2004 · Self

Texas: America Supersized

2004 · Self

Antes del atardecer

2004 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Characters, Story

Escuela de Rock

2003 · Director

Live from Shiva's Dance Floor

2003 · Director

Tape

2001 · Director, Camera Operator

Despertando a la Vida

2001 · Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat, Director of Photography, Director, Writer

Chelsea Walls

2001 · Crony 2

In the Bathtub of the World

2001 · Self

Mini Espías

2001 · Cool Spy

Letters to Thomas

2000 · Self

University, Inc.

1999 · Self

Scotch and Milk

1998 · Cab Passenger

The Newton Boys

1998 · Director, Screenplay

Good Will Hunting

1997 · Thanks

SubUrbia

1997 · Director

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

1996 · Tour Bus Driver (voice)

The Underneath

1995 · Ember Doorman

Before Sunrise

1995 · Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited), Director, Writer

At Sundance

1995 · Self

Totally F***ed Up

1994 · Thanks

Dazed and Confused

1993 · Director, Producer, Writer

North on Evers

1992

Heads I Win/Tails You Lose

1991 · Director

Slacker

1990 · Should Have Stayed at Bus Station, Director, Writer, Producer

Never Leave Nevada

1990 · Video Assist Operator

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

1988 · Screenplay, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Director

Woodshock

1985 · Director

Making of School of Rock

· Self

Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes

Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes

Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project

· Director, Producer, Screenplay

Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project

· Director, Screenplay, Producer

Merrily We Roll Along

· Director, Producer, Screenplay

Queen Takes Bishop

· Executive Producer

Deep Eddy

· Executive Producer

Hippies

· Director, Writer

Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic

· Director

TV shows (10)

My Generation

2024 · Self

Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove

2024 · Self

God Save Texas

2024 · Self, Executive Producer, Director

Directors Talks

2023 · Self

The Last Movie Stars

2022 · Self

2021 · Self

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014 · Self

Up to Speed

2012 · Director, Executive Producer

Overheard with Evan Smith

2010 · Self

The Daily Show

1996 · Self