Richard Linklater

Richard Stuart Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His films include the comedies ''Slacker'' (1990) and ''Dazed and Confused'' (1993); the ''Before'' trilogy of romance films: ''Before Sunrise'' (1995), ''Before Sunset'' (2004), and ''Before Midnight'' (2013); the music-themed comedy ''School of Rock'' (2003); the adult animated films ''Waking Life'' (2001), ''A Scanner Darkly'' (2006), and ''Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood'' (2022); the coming-of-age drama ''Boyhood'' (2014); and the comedy film ''Everybody Wants Some!!'' (2016).

Linklater is known to have a distinct style and method of filmmaking. Many of his films are noted for their loosely structured narrative. The ''Before'' trilogy and ''Boyhood'' both feature the same actors filmed over an extended period of years. He has received several Academy Award nominations and won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival for his work on ''Before Sunrise''. He also won a Golden Globe Award for directing ''Boyhood'', which is one of only nine movies to receive a perfect score on Metacritic. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual ''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Provided by Wikipedia