Richard Linklater
Biography
Richard Linklater is an American filmmaker known for directing films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. Born on July 30, 1960, in Houston, Texas, USA, he has 111 known credits in directing. In 2015, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. His filmography includes the comedies Slacker and Dazed and Confused; the Before trilogy of romance films consisting of Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight; the music-themed comedy School of Rock; the adult animated films Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood; and the coming-of-age drama Boyhood.
Career overview
Richard Linklater is an American filmmaker who was born on July 30, 1960, in Houston, Texas. Known for directing, his filmography features works 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 film credits include the comedies Slacker from 1990 and Dazed and Confused from 1993, as well as the music-themed comedy School of Rock from 2003. He is also known for the Before trilogy of romance films, consisting of Before Sunrise released in 1995, Before Sunset released in 2004, and Before Midnight released in 2013. His other notable works include the adult animated films Waking Life from 2001, A Scanner Darkly from 2006, and Apollo 10 and a half: A Space Age Childhood from 2022, alongside the coming-of-age drama Boyhood from 2014.
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- Brenda (2026) Executive Producer
- How to not have sex (2026) Executive Producer
- Nouvelle Vague (2025) Director
- Blue Moon (2025) Producer
- Blue Moon (2025) Director
- The Wasps (2025) Executive Producer
- The Confession (2025) Executive Producer
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025) as Self
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025)
- Clemente (2025) as Self
- Clemente (2025) Executive Producer
- Le making of de Nouvelle Vague (2025) as Self - Director
- Hit Man (2024) Producer
- Hit Man (2024) Director
- Hit Man (2024) Screenplay
- My Generation (2024) as Self
- God Save Texas (2024) as Self
- God Save Texas (2024) Director
- God Save Texas (2024) Executive Producer
- Tape (2024) Executive Producer
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society (2023) as Self
- Directors Talks (2023) as Self
- The Last Movie Stars (2022) as Self
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Director
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Producer
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Writer
- Help Her Live (2022) Executive Producer
- Shouting Down Midnight (2022) Executive Producer
- 05 (2021) as Self
- Clerk (2021) as Self
- The Pushback (2020) Producer
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) Director
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) Screenplay
- Another Day at the Office (2019) as Rick
- Another Day at the Office (2019) Writer
- Another Day at the Office (2019) Director
- Another Day at the Office (2019) Producer
- J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius (2019) as Self
- Blaze (2018) as Oilman 1
- Also Starring Austin (2018)
- More Human Than Human (2018) as Self
- Last Flag Flying (2017) Producer
- Last Flag Flying (2017) Director
- Last Flag Flying (2017) Screenplay
- The Space in Between (2017) as Self
- After Before (2017) as Self
- Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) Director
- Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) Writer
- Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) Producer
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016) as Self
- I Dream Too Much (2016) Executive Producer
- Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket (2016) as Self
- Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) as Self
- Twelve Years (2015) as Self
- Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet (2015) as Self
- Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent (2015) as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014) as Self
- Boyhood (2014) Director
- Boyhood (2014) Writer
- Boyhood (2014) Producer
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Before Midnight (2013) Characters
- Before Midnight (2013) Director
- Before Midnight (2013) Producer
- Before Midnight (2013) Writer
- Linklater: On Cinema and Time (2013) as Self (voice)
- Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (2013) as Self
- Bernie (2012) as Deadbeat Dad (uncredited)
- Bernie (2012) Screenplay
- Bernie (2012) Director
- Bernie (2012) Producer
- Side by Side (2012) as Self
- Up to Speed (2012) Director
- Up to Speed (2012) Executive Producer
- Overheard with Evan Smith (2010) as Self
- Great Directors (2009) as Self
- American Prince (2009) as Self - Interviewer
- For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009) as Self
- Me and Orson Welles (2008) Director
- Me and Orson Welles (2008) Producer
- The King of Texas (2008) as Self
- Critic (2008) as Self
- RSO [Registered Sex Offender] (2008) as Principal Mallard
- Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach (2008) Director
- The Hottest State (2007) as John Wayne Enthusiast
- The Hottest State (2007) Thanks
- The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (2007) as Self
- In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007) Thanks
- Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest (2007) as Self
- A Scanner Darkly (2006) Screenplay
- A Scanner Darkly (2006) Director
- Fast Food Nation (2006) Screenplay
- Fast Food Nation (2006) Director
- The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales (2006) as Self
- One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' (2006) as Self
- Bad News Bears (2005) Director
- Bad News Bears (2005) Producer
- Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes (2005)
- Making Dazed (2005) as Self
- Viva Les Amis (2005) as Self
- Before Sunset (2004) Screenplay
- Before Sunset (2004) Producer
- Before Sunset (2004) Characters
- Before Sunset (2004) Director
- Before Sunset (2004) Story
- Texas: America Supersized (2004) as Self
- Linklater: St. Richard of Austin (2004) as Self
- ... End of Interview! (2004) as Self
- Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy (2004) as Self
- The School of Rock (2003) Director
- Live from Shiva's Dance Floor (2003) Director
- Spy Kids (2001) as Cool Spy
- Waking Life (2001) as Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
- Waking Life (2001) Director of Photography
- Waking Life (2001) Director
- Waking Life (2001) Writer
- Tape (2001) Director
- Tape (2001) Camera Operator
- Chelsea Walls (2001) as Crony 2
- In the Bathtub of the World (2001) as Self
- Letters to Thomas (2000) as Self
- University, Inc. (1999) as Self
- The Newton Boys (1998) Director
- The Newton Boys (1998) Screenplay
- Scotch and Milk (1998) as Cab Passenger
- Good Will Hunting (1997) Thanks
- SubUrbia (1997) Director
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) as Tour Bus Driver (voice)
- Before Sunrise (1995) as Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)
- Before Sunrise (1995) Director
- Before Sunrise (1995) Writer
- The Underneath (1995) as Ember Doorman
- At Sundance (1995) as Self
- Totally F***ed Up (1994) Thanks
- Dazed and Confused (1993) Producer
- Dazed and Confused (1993) Director
- Dazed and Confused (1993) Writer
- North on Evers (1992)
- Heads I Win/Tails You Lose (1991) Director
- Slacker (1990) as Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
- Slacker (1990) Director
- Slacker (1990) Writer
- Slacker (1990) Producer
- Never Leave Nevada (1990) Video Assist Operator
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988) Screenplay
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988) Cinematography
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988) Editor
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988) Producer
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988) Director
- Woodshock (1985) Director
- Merrily We Roll Along Director
- Merrily We Roll Along Producer
- Merrily We Roll Along Screenplay
- Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
- Hippies Director
- Hippies Writer
- Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
- Making of School of Rock as Self
- Deep Eddy Executive Producer
- Queen Takes Bishop Executive Producer
- Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project Director
- Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project Producer
- Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project Screenplay
- Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project Director
- Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project Screenplay
- Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project Producer