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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