Richard Linklater Biography (1960?-)

Full name, Richard Stuart Linklater; born July 30, 1960 (some sources cite 1962 or 1967), in Houston, TX; children: Lorelie. Addresses: Office: Detour Film Productions, P.O. Box 13351, Austin, TX 78711.; Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 South El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Director, producer, writer, actor
Birth Details
July 30, 1960?
Houston, Texas, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Director
  • (And editor) It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (short film), Rolling Thunder, 1987
  • Slacker, Detour Film Production, 1989
  • Dazed and Confused, Gramercy, 1993
  • Before Sunrise, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1995
  • SubUrbia (also known as subUrbi@), Sony Pictures Classics,1996
  • The Newton Boys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
  • Tape, Lions Gate Films, 2001
  • Waking Life (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
  • School of Rock, Paramount, 2003
  • Producer
  • It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (short film), Rolling Thunder, 1987
  • Slacker, Detour Film Production, 1989
  • Dazed and Confused, Gramercy, 1993
  • Cinematographer
  • It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (short film), Rolling Thunder, 1987
  • Waking Life (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
  • Other
  • (Editor) It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (shortfilm), Rolling Thunder, 1987
  • (Camera operator) Tape, Lions Gate Films, 2001
  • Film Appearances
  • It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (short film), Rolling Thunder, 1987
  • Slacker, Detour Film Production, 1989
  • Himself, Janis Joplin Slept Here, 1994
  • Ember doorman, The Underneath, Gramercy, 1995
  • Himself, At Sundance, 1995
  • Voice of tour bus driver, Beavis and Butt-head Do America (animated), Paramount, 1996
  • Cab passenger, Scotch and Milk, 1998
  • Himself, University, Inc. (documentary), Pedagogic Productions, 1999
  • Cool spy, Spy Kids, Miramax/Dimension, 2001
  • Voice of pinball-playing man, Waking Life (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • Himself, The Real Newton Boys (documentary), History Channel, 1999
  • Episodic
  • Himself, The Little Picture Show, 1995
  • Also appeared on Independent Focus, Independent Film Channel.
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (short film), Rolling Thunder, 1987
  • Slacker, Detour Film Production, 1989, published by St. Martin's Press (New York City), 1992
  • Dazed and Confused, Gramercy, 1993, published by St. Martin's Press, 1993
  • (With Kim Krizan) Before Sunrise, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1995, published by St. Martin's Press, 1995
  • (With Claude Stanush) The Newton Boys (based on a biography by Stanush), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
  • Waking Life (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 28, Gale, 1999
    • Contemporary Authors, Volume 152, Gale, 1997
    • International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996
    Periodicals
    • American Cinematographer, March, 1997
    • Artforum, April, 1993, pp. 74-77
    • Artforum International, September, 2001, p. 39
    • Entertainment Weekly, July 21, 1995, pp. 70-71; November/December,1997, p. 65; April 3, 1998, pp. 64-66; August 14, 1998, p. 86
    • Esquire, January, 1993, pp. 49-50; April, 1998, pp. 23-24
    • Filmmaker, winter, 2001
    • Film Threat, Number 22, 1990; April 29, 1993
    • Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1998
    • Maclean's, February 6, 1995, p. 72
    • National Catholic Reporter, February 17, 1995, p. 15
    • National Review, March 6, 1995, pp. 69-70
    • New Republic, July 8, 1991, p. 26
    • New Statesman & Society, December 4, 1992, p. 33
    • New York, July 22, 1991, p. 43; February 6, 1995, pp. 58-59
    • New Yorker, October 4, 1993, pp. 214-16; January 30, 1995, pp. 93-95
    • New York Post, September 27, 1993
    • Rolling Stone, February 23, 1995, p. 79; April 2, 1998, p. 34
    • Texas Monthly, September, 1995, pp. 120-22; October, 2001, p. 52
    • Time, October 11, 1993, p. 83
    • Variety, January 28, 1991, p. 71
    • Village Voice, February 7, 1995
    • Washington Post, August 23, 1991, p. C2

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