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Richard Linklater

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Birth Name: Richard Stuart Linklater

Age: 63, born 30 July 1960

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 9"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Christina Harrison


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Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 items)
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Published 13 years ago 118 comments
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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 items)
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Published 6 years, 6 months ago 14 comments
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Favorite directors, 3 masterpieces of each one (89 items)
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Published 10 years, 11 months ago 3 comments
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My favorite directors (50 items)
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Published 12 years, 2 months ago 9 comments
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Most Accomplished ACTIVE Directors (2009 Edition) (50 items)
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Published 14 years, 10 months ago 1 comment

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Description: Self-taught writer-director Richard Stuart Linklater was born in Houston, Texas, to Diane Margaret (Krieger), who taught at a university, and Charles W. Linklater III. Richard was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. Typically setting each of his movies during one 24-hour period, Linklater's work explored what he dubbed "the youth rebellion continuum," focusing in fine detail on generational rites and mores with rare compassion and understanding while definitively capturing the 20-something culture of his era through a series of nuanced, il ... (more)
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1. School of Rock (2003)
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7.7
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6.7
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7.2
1198 Watched




Movies written by

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7.2
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7.5
871 Watched




Movies

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1. Spy Kids (2001)
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4.8
1886 Watched
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7.9
1492 Watched
3. Waking Life (2002)
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7.4
666 Watched
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6.3
867 Watched
5. Slacker (1990)
Rating:
7.3
211 Watched




TV

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1. The Daily Show (1996)
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7.6
1140 Watched
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7.6
726 Watched
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7.5
671 Watched
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7.4
333 Watched
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5.9
285 Watched




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Most Accomplished Active Directors - 2024 (100 person items)

" Upcoming: Hitman (2024) Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Brinkley (2026) "


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Most Accomplished Active Directors - 2023 (101 person items)

" Upcoming: Hitman (2023) Merrily We Roll Along (2024) Brinkley (2025) "


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Directors Directing (52 person items)
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Most-accomplished Active Directors (2021 Edition) (50 person items)

"2020 Rank: #10 2019 Rank: #10 2018 Rank: #11 2017 Rank: #11 2016 Rank: #13 2015 Rank: #14 2014 Rank: #19 2013 Rank: #23 2012 Rank: #29 2011 Rank: #40 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #32 Slacker (1991) Dazed and Confused (1993) Before Sunrise (1995) Suburbia (1996) Waking Life (2001) Tape (2001) The School of Rock (2003) Before Sunset (2004) A Scanner Darkly (2006) Bernie (2012) Before Midnight (2013) Boyhood (2014) Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) Last Flag Flying (2017) W"


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Most-accomplished Active Directors (2020 Edition) (50 person items)

"2019 Rank: #10 2018 Rank: #11 2017 Rank: #11 2016 Rank: #13 2015 Rank: #14 2014 Rank: #19 2013 Rank: #23 2012 Rank: #29 2011 Rank: #40 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #32 Slacker (1991) Dazed and Confused (1993) Before Sunrise (1995) Suburbia (1996) Waking Life (2001) Tape (2001) The School of Rock (2003) Before Sunset (2004) A Scanner Darkly (2006) Bernie (2012) Before Midnight (2013) Boyhood (2014) Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) Last Flag Flying (2017) Where'd You Go, "


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Most Accomplished Active Directors (2019 Edition) (50 person items)

"2018 Rank: #11 2017 Rank: #11 2016 Rank: #13 2015 Rank: #14 2014 Rank: #19 2013 Rank: #23 2012 Rank: #29 2011 Rank: #40 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #32 Slacker (1991) Dazed and Confused (1993) Before Sunrise (1995) Suburbia (1996) Waking Life (2001) Tape (2001) The School of Rock (2003) Before Sunset (2004) A Scanner Darkly (2006) Bernie (2012) Before Midnight (2013) Boyhood (2014) Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) Last Flag Flying (2017) Upcoming Films: Where'd You G"


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Most Accomplished Active Directors (2018 Edition) (50 person items)

"2017 Rank: #11 2016 Rank: #13 2015 Rank: #14 2014 Rank: #19 2013 Rank: #23 2012 Rank: #29 2011 Rank: #40 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #32 a. Slacker (1991) b. Dazed and Confused (1993) c. Before Sunrise (1995) d. Suburbia (1996) e. Waking Life (2001) f. The School of Rock (2003) g. Before Sunset (2004) h. A Scanner Darkly (2006) i. Me and Orson Wells (2008) j. Bernie (2012) k. Before Midnight (2013) l. Boyhood (2014) m. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) n. Last Flag Flying (2017"


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My Cult Directors (41 person items)
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Trilogy by Directors (31 movies items)

"The Before Trilogy "


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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 person items)

"Ethan Hawke - Before Sunrise (1995) - The Newton Boys (1998) - Tape (2001) - Waking Life (2001) - Before Sunset (2004) - Fast Food Nation (2006) - Before Midnight (2013) - Boyhood (2014) Julie Delpy - Before Sunrise (1995) - Waking Life (2001) - Before Sunset (2004) - Before Midnight (2013) "


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Most Accomplished Active Directors (2017 Edition) (50 person items)

"2016 Rank: #13 2015 Rank: #14 2014 Rank: #19 2013 Rank: #23 2012 Rank: #29 2011 Rank: #40 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #32 a. Slacker (1991) b. Dazed and Confused (1993) c. Before Sunrise (1995) d. Suburbia (1996) e. Waking Life (2001) f. The School of Rock (2003) g. Before Sunset (2004) h. A Scanner Darkly (2006) i. Me and Orson Wells (2008) j. Bernie (2012) k. Before Midnight (2013) l. Boyhood (2014) m. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) n. Last Flag Flying (2017) o. Where'd Yo"


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Home Alone Dream Cast (11 movies items)

"Director!"


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Most Accomplished Active Directors (2016 Edition) (50 person items)

"2015 Rank: #14 2014 Rank: #19 2013 Rank: #23 2012 Rank: #29 2011 Rank: #40 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #32 a. Slacker (1991) b. Dazed and Confused (1993) c. Before Sunrise (1995) d. Waking Life (2001) e. The School of Rock (2003) f. Before Sunset (2004) g. A Scanner Darkly (2006) h. Me and Orson Wells (2008) i. Bernie (2012) j. Before Midnight (2013) k. Boyhood (2014) l. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) m. School of Rock (TV : 2016) "


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100 Greatest Filmmakers of All Time (100 person items)

"American Major Works: Before trilogy Boyhood (2014) Dazed and Confused (1993) โ€ข Director, Writer, Producer. โ€ข"