Richard Linklater

Biography

Born 07/30/1960

Houston-born, Huntsville-raised Richard Linklater, a self-taught filmmaker, worked on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico before moving to Austin where he founded a film society and started making movies. In 1987 Linklater completed his first film, "It's Impossible to Learn to Plow By Reading...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2001, received National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Experimental Film
In 2001, received New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film
In 1995, received Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear for Best Director

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Richard Linklater, School of Rock (2003)

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Highlights

In 2006, Helmed the adaptation of Eric Schlosser's best-selling book, "Fast Food Nation"
In 2006, Adapted Philip K. Dick's novel "A Scanner Darkly" which starred Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder; also directed
In 2005, Directed Billy Bob Thornton in the remake of "The Bad News Bears"

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