Robert Altman
- Directing
- February 20, 1925 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- November 20, 2006
Biography
Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award. His films "MASH" (1970), "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971), "The Long Goodbye" (1973), and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Known for
Filmography
- Breakdown: 1975 · Self
- Daedalus · Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
- Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans · Self
- Nothing Like a Dame · Self
- Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk · Self
- Altman · Self
- What Is Cinema? · Self
- A Prairie Home Companion · Director, Producer
- Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker · Self
- A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin · Self
- What’s Happened Since ‘88 · Self
- The Politics of Docs · Self
- Why Tanner, Why Now? · Self
- Fact & Fiction · Self
- On the Set: Alex’s Loft · Self
- On the Set: Loews Theater · Self
- Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau · Self
- Tanner on Tanner · Executive producer, Director
- Looking for Sophia · Self
- Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession · Self
- Words in Progress
- The Company · Director, Producer
- Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · Self
- Imagining Images · Self
- A Decade Under the Influence · Self
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood · Self
- The Making of Gosford Park · Self
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- Robert Altman on 'Rashomon' · Self
- Robert Altman in England · Self
- Rip Van Marlowe · Self
- Gosford Park · Producer, Director
- History vs. Hollywood · Self
- Dr. T & the Women · Director, Producer
- Backstory · Self
- Trixie · Producer
- Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' · Self
- Gun: Fatal Betrayal · Producer
- Altman on His Own Terms · Self
- Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius · Self
- Cookie's Fortune · Producer, Director
- The Directors · Self
- Killer App · Director
- The Gingerbread Man · Director
- Afterglow · Producer
- Frank Capra's American Dream · Self
- Gun · Director, Executive producer
- Jazz '34 · Director, Producer
- Kansas City · Writer, Director
- Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In · Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- Prêt-à-Porter · Producer, Director
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle · Producer
- American Cinema · Self
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- Short Cuts · Director, Screenplay
- Made in the USA · Self
- Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country · Self
- Black and Blue: A Musical Revue · Director
- The Player · Director
- Robert Altman's Players · Self
- Vincent & Theo · Director
- Hollywood Mavericks · Self
- Vincent & Theo · Director
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial · Director, Producer
- Tanner '88 · Executive producer, Director
- O.C. and Stiggs · Director, Producer
- Aria · Writer, Director
- Basements · Director, Producer
- Beyond Therapy · Screenplay, Director
- Fool for Love · Director
- The Laundromat · Director
- Secret Honor · Director, Producer
- Streamers · Director, Producer
- Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean · Director
- Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter · Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (Voice)
- Precious Blood · Executive producer, Director
- Rattlesnake in a Cooler · Director, Executive producer
- Endless Love · Hotel Manager
- Popeye · Director