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Biography

Linklater studied literature at Sam Houston State University with aspirations of becoming a writer. He left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through repeated visits to a repertory theater in Houston. It was at this point that Linklater realized he wanted to be a filmmaker. After his job on the oil rig, Linklater used the money he had saved to buy a Super-8 camera, a projector, some editing equipment, and moved to Austin. It was here that the aspiring cineaste founded a film society at the University of Texas at Austin and grew to appreciate such stylized auteurs like Robert Bresson, Yasujiro Ozu, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Nagisa Oshima, and Josef Von Sternberg. Sam Houston State University Sam Houston State University, (known as SHSU and Sam, for short) founded in 1879, is a university located in Huntsville, Texas. ... A drilling rig is a structure housing equipment used to drill into underground reservoirs for water, oil, or natural gas, or into sub-surface mineral deposits. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ... Kodachrome 40 KMA464P Super 8 Catridge Super 8 mm film, also called Super 8 is a motion picture film format that was developed in the 1960s and released on the market in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older 8mm home movie format, and the Cine 8... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Travis County, Williamson County Government  - Mayor Will Wynn Area  - City  296. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is a doctoral/research university located in Austin, Texas. ... The term auteur (French for author) is used to describe film directors (or, more rarely, producers or writers) who are considered to have a distinctive, recognizable vision, because they (a) repeatedly return to the same subject matter, (b) habitually address a particular psychological or moral theme, (c) employ a recurring... Robert Bresson (September 25, 1901–December 18, 1999) was a French film director well known for his mastery of minimalist film-making. ... Yasujiro Ozu (小津 安二郎 Ozu Yasujirō) (December 12, 1903 - December 12, 1963) was an influential Japanese film director. ... Rainer Werner Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982) was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor, one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema. ... Nagisa Oshima (大島 渚 ÅŒshima Nagisa, born March 31, 1932) is a famous Japanese director. ... Josef von Sternberg (29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian-American film director. ...

For several years Linklater made many short films that were, more than anything, exercises and experiments in film techniques. He finally completed his first feature, the rarely seen It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (which is now available in the Criterion Collection edition of Slacker), a Super-8 feature that took a year to shoot and another year to edit. The film is significant in the sense that it establishes most of Linklater's preoccupations. The film has his trademark style of minimal camera movements and lack of narrative, while it examines the theme of traveling with no real particular direction in mind. These idiosyncrasies would be explored in greater detail in future projects. Its Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books is the first feature film by Richard Linklater, filmed on 16 mm and edited at a radio station, with Linklater starring and handling all production duties. ... Slacker (1991) is an influential American independent film directed by Richard Linklater. ...

To this end Linklater created Detour Filmproduction (an homage to the 1945 low budget film noir by Edgar G. Ulmer), and subsequently made Slacker for only $23,000. The film is an aimless day in the life of the city of Austin, Texas showcasing its more eccentric characters. This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... Edgar G. Ulmer - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Slacker (1991) is an influential American independent film directed by Richard Linklater. ...

While gaining a cult following for his independent films, such as Dazed and Confused, Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, his mainstream comedies, School of Rock and the remake of Bad News Bears, have gained him wider recognition. An independent film, or indie film, is usually a low-budget film that is produced by a small movie studio. ... Dazed and Confused is a song by folk singer Jake Holmes from his debut solo album The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes, released in June, 1967. ... Waking Life is a digitally rotoscoped and animated film, directed by Richard Linklater and made in 2001. ... A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 film by Richard Linklater based on the Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. ... School of Rock is a 2003 comedy film starring Jack Black. ... Bad News Bears is a remake of the 1976 movie The Bad News Bears, produced by Paramount Pictures. ...

Works

Linklater founded the Austin Film Society in 1985 together with his frequent collaborator Lee Daniel, and is lauded for launching and solidifying the city of Austin as a hub for independent filmmaking. The Austin Film Society (AFS) is a non-profit film society based in Austin, Texas. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Many of Linklater's films take place in one day, a technique that has gained popularity in recent years. Slacker, Dazed and Confused, subUrbia, Before Sunrise, and Before Sunset are examples of this method. Slacker (1991) is an influential American independent film directed by Richard Linklater. ... Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American film written and directed by Richard Linklater. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Suburb. ... Before Sunrise (1995) is a film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. ... Before Sunset (2004), is the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). ...

In 2005, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his film Before Sunset. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Before Sunset (2004), is the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). ...

Two of his recent films (A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life) both display a similar animated style. To create this effect, Linklater shot and edited both movies into a completed live-action state, then employed a team of artists to 'trace over' individual frames (a technique known as rotoscoping). The result is a distinctive 'semi-real' quality, praised by such critics as Roger Ebert (in the case of Waking Life) as being original and well-suited to the aims of the film. A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 film by Richard Linklater based on the Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. ... Waking Life is a digitally rotoscoped and animated film, directed by Richard Linklater and made in 2001. ... Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over live-action film movement, frame by frame, for use in animated films. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

Despite his popularity and ability to direct high paying Hollywood productions, Linklater remains in Texas, with his own studio there to run most of his film productions. This is similar to Robert Rodriguez, who is also a Texan film maker who refuses to live or work in Hollywood for any extended period of time. Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ...

In 2003, he wrote and directed a pilot for HBO with Rodney Rothman called $5.15/hr HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable television network. ... Rodney Rothman is an Emmy-nominated American screenwriter, television producer, and author. ...

In 2004 the British television network Channel 4 produced a major documentary about Linklater in which the film maker frankly discussed the personal and philosophical ideas behind his films. "St Richard of Austin" was presented by Ben Lewis and directed by Irshad Ashraf and broadcast on Channel 4 in December 2004 in the UK.

His latest film, Fast Food Nation is an adaption of the best selling book that examines the local and global influence of the United States fast food industry. The film was released in North America On 17th November 2006 and is scheduled for release in Europe on 23rd March 2007. Fast Food Nation is a fictionalized film loosely based on the non-fiction book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. ...

Linklater is currently working on a movie called Boyhood.^[1] Boyhood (or The 12-Year Movie) is a working title for the upcoming motion picture directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Ellar Salmon. ...

Trivia

• Linklater said Alex Jones' films were being passed out among the cast and crew of A Scanner Darkly during filming to set the police state mood.^[2]

Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is a American radio host, constitutionalist and filmmaker who is best known for his work in promoting 9/11 conspiracy theories. ... A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 film by Richard Linklater based on the Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. ...

Filmography

• It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1989)
• Slacker (1991)
• Heads I Win/Tails You Lose (1991)
• Dazed and Confused (1993)
• Before Sunrise (1995)
• subUrbia (1996)
• The Newton Boys (1998)
• Waking Life (2001)
• Tape (2001)
• School of Rock (2003)
• Before Sunset (2004)
• Bad News Bears (2005)
• A Scanner Darkly (2006)
• Fast Food Nation (2006)

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References

1. ^ MTV Movies interview
2. ^ http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/120706moviedirector.htm

External links

• Richard Linklater at the Internet Movie Database
• PETA's exclusive interview with Richard Linklater
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• Reverse Shot Online interview with Linklater and career overview
• Mindjack interview with Linklater
• Channel 4 - The Art Show, documentary film by Irshad Ashraf
• 'A Scanner Darkly': Reality Bites Interview with Richard Linklater, MTV Overdrive.
• Richard Linklater interview with The A.V. Club
• Film Comment interview with Linklater
• Radio Interview with Richard Linklater from FBi 94.5 Sydney Australia
• Richard Linklater, Directing 'Darkly'
• Catching up with Richard Linklater at Premiere.com
• Retrospective on Richard Linklater at the Austrian Film Museum