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{{Short description|American filmmaker (born 1960)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Richard Linklater
| image              = Richard Linklater Blue Moon-26 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Linklater at the 2025 [[New York Film Festival]]
| birth_name         = Richard Linklater
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1960|7|30}}
| birth_place        = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Film director|producer|screenwriter}}
| spouse             = Christina Harrison
| children           = 3, including [[Lorelei Linklater|Lorelei]]
| years_active       = 1985–present<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2003-10-03/180136/|title='The Austin Chronicle' and Richard Linklater|last=Black|first=Louis|date=October 3, 2003|website=www.austinchronicle.com}}</ref>
| website            = {{url|detourfilm.com}}
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Richard Linklater|Full list]]
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'''Richard Linklater''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|k|l|eɪ|t|ər}}; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films which deal thematically with [[Suburb|suburban culture]] and the effects of the [[Time|passage of time]]. In 2015, Linklater was named to the annual [[Time 100|''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Richard Linklater |magazine=Time |url=https://time.com/collection-post/3822985/richard-linklater-2015-time-100/ |access-date=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209130939/https://time.com/collection-post/3822985/richard-linklater-2015-time-100/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

His films include the comedies ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]'' (1990) and ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'' (1993); the romance films [[Before trilogy|''Before'' trilogy]] (1995–2013); the music-themed comedy ''[[School of Rock]]'' (2003); the [[adult animated]] films ''[[Waking Life]]'' (2001), ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'' (2006), and ''[[Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood]]'' (2022); the coming-of-age drama ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]'' (2014); the comedy film ''[[Everybody Wants Some!! (film)|Everybody Wants Some!!]]'' (2016); the action romantic comedy [[Hit Man (2023 film)|''Hit Man'']] (2023); and the biographical films ''[[Blue Moon (2025 film)|Blue Moon]]'' (2025) and ''[[Nouvelle Vague (2025 film)|Nouvelle Vague]]'' (2025). 

Many of Linklater's films are noted for their loosely structured narratives. The ''Before'' trilogy and ''Boyhood'' both feature the same actors filmed over an extended period of years. He has received five [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations and won the [[Silver Bear for Best Director]] for ''Before Sunrise''. He also won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Golden Globe Award]] for directing ''Boyhood''.

==Early life==
Linklater was born in [[Houston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11287806|title=Why 'Boyhood' is a movie for the ages|first=Helen|last=Barlow|date=July 4, 2014|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}</ref> He attended [[Huntsville High School (Texas)|Huntsville High School]] in [[Huntsville, Texas]], during grades 9–11, where he played football coached by [[Joe Clements (American football)|Joe Clements]] as a backup quarterback for the #1 ranked team in the state. For his senior year, he moved to [[Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas)|Bellaire High School]] in [[Bellaire, Texas]], because he was better at baseball than football and Bellaire had a better baseball coach. As a teen he won a [[Scholastic Art and Writing Awards|Scholastic Art and Writing Award]].<ref>Scholastic Inc., Newsroom, [https://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/america-s-most-creative-teens-named-national-2016-scholastic-art-writing-awards-recipi America's Most Creative Teens Named as National 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Recipients]</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vine |first1=Kate |title=Richard Linklater |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/richard-linklater/ |access-date=April 10, 2019 |work=Texas Monthly |date=December 2005}}</ref>

Linklater studied at [[Sam Houston State University]] in [[Huntsville, Texas]] (where he also played baseball),<ref>Sam Houston State University Facebook. [https://www.facebook.com/samhoustonstate/photos/a.84460031618.90890.25099076618/10153369928906619/?type=3&theater "Throwing back to the 1980 #SHSU Baseball team in which writer, director and producer Richard Linklater was a member of. #TBT"]. 6 April 2016.</ref> until dropping out to work on an [[offshore oil rig]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. He frequently read novels on the rig, and upon returning to land, developed a love of film through repeated visits to a [[repertory cinema]] in Houston. At that point, he realized he wanted to be a filmmaker. He used his savings to buy a [[Super 8 film|Super-8]] camera, a projector, and editing equipment, and moved to [[Austin, Texas|Austin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title=Richard Linklater {{!}} Biography, Education, Movies, Slacker, Hit Man, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Linklater |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
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===1985–1999: Early directing===
Linklater founded the [[Austin Film Society]] in 1985 with his college professor Chale Nafus, [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] professor Charles Ramirez-Berg, [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] founder [[Louis Black]], and his frequent collaborator [[Lee Daniel]]. One of the mentors for the Film Society was former New York City critic for the ''[[SoHo Weekly News]]'' George Morris, who had moved to Austin and taught film there. For several years, Linklater made many short films which were exercises and experiments in film techniques. He finally completed his first feature, ''[[It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books]]'' (which is available in [[The Criterion Collection]] edition of his second feature, ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]''), a Super-8 feature that took a year to shoot and another year to edit. Linklater created Detour Filmproduction (a homage to the [[Detour (1945 film)|1945 low budget]] [[film noir]] by [[Edgar G. Ulmer]]), and subsequently made ''Slacker'' for only $23,000. It grossed more than $1.25 million. The film shows an aimless day in the life of the city of Austin, Texas showcasing its more eccentric characters.

While gaining a cult following in the [[independent film]] world, he made his third film, ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'', based on his years at Huntsville High School and the people he encountered there. The film garnered critical praise and grossed $8 million in the United States while becoming a hit on VHS. This film was also responsible for the breakout of fellow Texas native [[Matthew McConaughey]]. In 1995, Linklater won the [[Silver Bear for Best Director]] for the film ''[[Before Sunrise]]'' at the [[45th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1995/03_preistr_ger_1995/03_Preistraeger_1995.html |title=Berlinale: 1995 Prize Winners |access-date=December 30, 2011 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> His next feature, ''[[subUrbia (film)|subUrbia]]'', had mixed reviews critically, and did very poorly at the box office. In 1998, he took on his first Hollywood feature, ''[[The Newton Boys]]'', which received mixed reviews while tanking at the box office.

===2000–2013: Wider recognition===
With the [[rotoscope]] films ''[[Waking Life]]'' and ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'', and his mainstream comedies, ''[[School of Rock]]'' and the remake of ''[[Bad News Bears]]'', he gained wider recognition. In 2003, he wrote and directed a pilot for [[HBO]] with [[Rodney Rothman]] called ''$5.15/hr'', about several [[minimum wage]] restaurant workers. The pilot deals with themes later examined in ''[[Fast Food Nation (film)|Fast Food Nation]]''. The British television network Channel 4 produced a documentary about Linklater, in which the filmmaker 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. Linklater was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] for his film ''[[Before Sunset]]''. 

''Waking Life'' and ''A Scanner Darkly'' both used [[rotoscoping]] animation techniques. Working with [[Bob Sabiston]] and Sabiston's program [[Rotoshop]] to create this effect, Linklater shot and edited both movies completely as live-action features, then employed a team of artists to "trace over" individual frames. 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. ''Fast Food Nation'' (2006) is an adaptation of the best selling book that examines the local and global influence of the United States fast food industry. The film was entered into the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4360399/year/2006.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Fast Food Nation |access-date=December 13, 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> before being released in North America on November 17, 2006, and in Europe on March 23, 2007. The film received mixed reviews. Linklater fared better with the critics with ''A Scanner Darkly'' (released in the same year), ''[[Me and Orson Welles]]'' (2009), and ''[[Bernie (2011 film)|Bernie]]'' (2011).<ref name="Linklater Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web | title=Rotten Tomatoes: Richard Linklater | website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/richard_linklater | access-date=December 13, 2009}}</ref>

He was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] for ''[[Before Midnight (2013 film)|Before Midnight]]'', the third film in the ''Before...'' trilogy.<ref>{{cite web |author=McNary, Dave |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/awards/julie-delpy-on-before-midnight-obsessively-written-down-to-the-commas-1201075642/|title=Julie Delpy on Before Midnight: Obsessively Written, Down to the Commas|work=Variety|date=January 29, 2014}}</ref>

===2014–present: ''Boyhood'' and other works===
In 2014 he released the film ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]'', which had been 12 years in the making.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kilday, Gregg |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/making-boyhood-what-you-dont-749876|title=Making of 'Boyhood': What You Don't Know About Richard Linklater's 12-Year Shoot|work=Hollywood Reporter|date=November 20, 2014}}</ref> ''Boyhood'' received overwhelming critical acclaim. Linklater won the [[Golden Globes]], [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]], and [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]]s for Best Director and Best Picture. He also received his first nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]], along with nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. For a while Linklater was attached to direct a remake of ''[[The Incredible Mr. Limpet]]'' for [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name=talkinabout>{{cite web|last1=Fischer|first1=Russ|title=Richard Linklater Leaves 'The Incredible Mr. Limpet' to Focus on 'That's What I'm Talking About'|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/linklater-leaves-limpet/|website=/Film|date=August 4, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> However, he dropped the project in favor of working on a spiritual successor to ''Dazed and Confused'', titled ''[[Everybody Wants Some!! (film)|Everybody Wants Some!!]]'',<ref name=talkinabout/> with backing from [[Annapurna Pictures]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] distributing the film in North America.<ref>{{cite web | last=Patches | first=Matt | title=Annapurna to produce Richard Linklater's 'Dazed' spiritual sequel | url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/megan-ellisons-annapurna-to-produce-richard-linklaters-dazed-spiritual-sequel-thats-what-im-talking-about | date=September 30, 2014 | access-date=February 15, 2017 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082500/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/megan-ellisons-annapurna-to-produce-richard-linklaters-dazed-spiritual-sequel-thats-what-im-talking-about | url-status=dead }}</ref> The film was released in March 2016 and was well received by critics, but it failed to recoup its budget of 10 million dollars, grossing only 4.6 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/everybody-wants-some!!/critic-reviews | title=Critic Reviews for Everybody Wants Some!! | access-date=April 27, 2016 | publisher=Metacritic.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=smoker.htm | title=Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) – Weekend Box Office Results | website=www.boxofficemojo.com | access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>

In the second half of the 2010s, Linklater wrote and directed the drama film ''[[Last Flag Flying]]'', starring [[Bryan Cranston]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], and [[Steve Carell]]. A sequel to [[Hal Ashby]]'s 1973 film ''[[The Last Detail]]'', it began filming in November 2016, and was released on November 3, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title='Last Flag Flying' Moves To Lionsgate And Up A Week On Release Schedule|url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/last-flag-flying-release-date-lionsgate-amazon-1202138580/|website=Deadline|access-date=August 18, 2017|date=July 28, 2017}}</ref> Linklater then directed ''[[Where'd You Go, Bernadette (film)|Where'd You Go, Bernadette]]'', based on the novel by [[Maria Semple]] and produced by [[Annapurna Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Siegel | first1=Tatiana | last2=Kit | first2=Borys | title=Richard Linklater in Talks to Direct 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' (Exclusive) | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-linklater-talks-direct-whered-777688 | work=HollywoodReporter.com | access-date=February 28, 2015 | date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> He was attached to direct an adaptation of [[Graeme Simsion]]'s novel ''[[The Rosie Project]]'' which would have starred [[Jennifer Lawrence]] in the lead role, but he dropped out of directing when Lawrence quit the project.<ref name="rosieproject">{{cite web|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Richard Linklater Follows Jennifer Lawrence Off Sony's 'Rosie Project' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rosie-project-richard-linklater-follows-831938|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 14, 2015 |access-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> In 2019, it was announced that Linklater would be filming [[Merrily We Roll Along (film)|an adaptation]] of [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]''. Like ''Boyhood'', it will be filmed over the course of several years, but, like the musical and [[Merrily We Roll Along (play)|the play it is based on]], will be presented in [[reverse chronology]].<ref name="merrily">{{cite web|last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|title=Exclusive: Richard Linklater, Ben Platt, Beanie Feldstein Team for Sondheim Musical|url=https://collider.com/richard-linklater-beanie-feldstein-movie/#boyhood|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=August 29, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2019}}</ref> In 2024, Linklater directed an episode of ''[[God Save Texas]]'' for [[HBO]], focusing on the [[prison industrial complex]] in Huntsville, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/richard-linklater-god-save-texas-interview-sundance/|title=Richard Linklater Discovered 'Inordinate Amount' of High School Peers in Prison While Filming Hometown Doc 'God Save Texas'|website=[[The Wrap]]|first=Dessi|last=Gomez|date=January 23, 2024|access-date=January 23, 2024}}</ref>

He directed the action romantic comedy ''[[Hit Man (2023 film)|Hit Man]]'' starring [[Glen Powell]] and [[Adria Arjona]]. The film premiered at the [[80th Venice International Film Festival]] in 2023 where it received critical acclaim and was picked up for distribution by [[Netflix]] and released in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/richard-linklater-comedy-thriller-hit-man-reception-venice-glen-powell-1235582129/|title= Richard Linklater’s Comedy Thriller ‘Hit Man’ Draws Killer Reception in Venice|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate= May 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vulture.com/2024/06/why-did-richard-linklaters-hit-man-end-up-at-netflix.html|title= How Anti-‘Algorithm’ Richard Linklater’s Festival Smash Hit Man Ended Up at Netflix|website= Vulture|accessdate= May 20, 2025}}</ref> In 2025, he directed the biographical film ''[[Blue Moon (2025 film)|Blue Moon]]'' revolving around [[Lorenz Hart]] and the opening night of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s musical ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' which starred [[Ethan Hawke]], [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]], and [[Margaret Qualley]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/blue-moon-review-ethan-hawke-richard-linklater-andrew-scott-margaret-qualley-1236140076/|title= ‘Blue Moon’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley Mesmerize in Richard Linklater’s Affecting Study of a Gifted Artist on a Downhill Slide|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate= May 20, 2025}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[75th Berlin International Film Festival]] to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.berlinale.de/en/2025/programme/202505649.html|title= Blue Moon by Richard Linklater|website= [[Berlinale]]|accessdate= May 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blue_moon_2025|title= Blue Moon (2025)|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= May 20, 2025}}</ref> In the same year his film, ''[[Nouvelle Vague (2025 film)|Nouvelle Vague]]'' about the shooting of the [[French New Wave]] film ''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]'' directed by [[Jean-Luc Godard]], premiered at the [[2025 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/nouvelle-vague-teaser-richard-linklater-1235124236/|title= ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Teaser: Richard Linklater Brings the French New Wave Back to Life|website= [[IndieWire]]|accessdate= May 20, 2025}}</ref>

== Style and influences ==
Inspiration for Linklater's work was largely based on his experience viewing the film ''[[Raging Bull]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/richard-linklater-the-director-on-the-humour-in-raging-bull-rearing-chickens-and-why-the-older-he-gets-the-less-he-cares-9963168.html|title=Richard Linklater: The director on the humour in Raging Bull, rearing|date=January 11, 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=July 12, 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DfnCVc8Pq4C&q=richard+linklater+raging+bull|title=The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark|last=Elder|first=Robert K.|date=2011|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=9781569768280|language=en}}</ref>

<blockquote>It made me see movies as a potential outlet for what I was thinking about and hoping to express. At that point I was an unformed artist. At that moment, something was simmering in me, but ''Raging Bull'' brought it to a boil.<ref>Linklater, Richard. Interview by Robert K. Elder. The Film That Changed My Life. By Robert K. Elder. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2011. N. p197. Print.</ref></blockquote>

He was also influenced by [[Robert Bresson]], [[Yasujirō Ozu]], [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], [[Éric Rohmer]], [[François Truffaut]], [[Josef von Sternberg|Josef Von Sternberg]], and [[Carl Theodor Dreyer]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/10-films-that-had-the-biggest-influences-on-the-films-of-richard-linklater/|title=10 Films That Had The Biggest Influences On The Films Of Richard Linklater|newspaper=Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists|access-date=February 11, 2017|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.criterion.com/explore/42-richard-linklater-s-top-10|title=Richard Linklater's Top 10|newspaper=The Criterion Collection|access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> Many of Linklater's films including ''Slacker'', ''Dazed and Confused'', ''Tape'', and all three installments of the ''Before Trilogy'', take place in a single day. They are less plot-driven than about human interactions.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sharf, Zack |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/07/6-times-richard-linklater-expertly-played-with-narrative-24393/|title=6 Times Richard Linklater Expertly Played With Narrative|work=IndieWire|date=July 11, 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Linklater lives in Austin, Texas, and refuses to live or work in Hollywood for any extended period of time.

Christina Harrison has been his partner since the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Boyhood's Richard Linklater: I've failed if people just see this as an experiment |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-07-11/boyhoods-richard-linklater-ive-failed-if-people-just-see-this-as-an-experiment/ |access-date=April 10, 2019 |work=RadioTimes |date=July 11, 2014}}</ref> In 1994 they had a daughter, and twin girls in 2004. The oldest, [[Lorelei Linklater]], co-starred in ''Boyhood'' as the sister of the main character.

Linklater has been a [[vegetarian]] since his early 20s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Feinstein|first=Howard|title=Happy Meals|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/fall2006/features/happy_meals.php|work=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]|access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref> In 2015, he explained the dietary lifestyle in a ''Boyhood''-style documentary for [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]].<ref>Robert Philpot, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160615032426/https://www.star-telegram.com/living/article10554395.html Richard Linklater Does ‘Veghood’ for PETA]," ''Star-Telegram'', February 17, 2015.</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Denotes productions that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes productions that have not yet been released
|}

===Feature films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
![[Film director|Director]]
![[Screenwriter|Writer]]
![[Film producer|Producer]]
!Notes
|-
! 1988
| ''[[It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Also actor
|-
! 1990
| ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Also actor
|-
! 1993
| ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! 1995
| ''[[Before Sunrise]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| Co-written with [[Kim Krizan]]
|-
! 1996
| ''[[SubUrbia (film)|SubUrbia]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
! 1998
| ''[[The Newton Boys]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| Co-written with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Waking Life]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| Also cinematographer and actor
|-
| ''[[Tape (2001 film)|Tape]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
! 2003
| ''[[School of Rock]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
| 
|-
! 2004
| ''[[Before Sunset]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| Co-written with [[Julie Delpy]], [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Kim Krizan]]
|-
! 2005
| ''[[Bad News Bears]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |2006
| ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
| ''[[Fast Food Nation (film)|Fast Food Nation]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| Co-written with [[Eric Schlosser]]
|-
! 2008
| ''[[Me and Orson Welles]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! 2011
| ''[[Bernie (2011 film)|Bernie]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Co-written with [[Skip Hollandsworth]]
|-
! 2013
| ''[[Before Midnight]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Co-written with [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Julie Delpy]]
|-
! 2014
| ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! 2016
| ''[[Everybody Wants Some!! (film)|Everybody Wants Some!!]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! 2017
| ''[[Last Flag Flying]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Co-written with [[Darryl Ponicsan]]
|-
! 2019
| ''[[Where'd You Go, Bernadette (film)|Where'd You Go, Bernadette]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
| Co-written with Holly Gent and Vince Palmo
|-
! 2022
| ''[[Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! 2023
| ''[[Hit Man (2023 film)|Hit Man]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Co-written with [[Glen Powell]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2025
| ''[[Blue Moon (2025 film)|Blue Moon]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Nouvelle Vague (2025 film)|Nouvelle Vague]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! TBA
| {{Pending film|[[Merrily We Roll Along (film)|Merrily We Roll Along]]}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
| Filming, until at least 2040<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |date=2025-10-08 |title=‘Blumhouse Is Not for Sale’: Jason Blum on 15 Years of Horror Hits, Losing ‘Texas Chainsaw,’ Reinventing ‘Saw’ and More |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/features/jason-blum-blumhouse-interview-1236542196/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
|}

====Acting roles====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
! 1988
| ''[[It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books]]''
| Unnamed character
|
|-
! 1990
| ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]''
| "Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station"
|
|-
! 1995
| ''[[The Underneath (film)|The Underneath]]''
| Ember Doorman
|
|-
! 1995
| ''[[Before Sunrise]]''
| Foosball player
|
|-
! 1996
| ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America]]''
| Tour Bus Driver
| Voice role
|-
! 1998
| ''Scotch and Milk ''
| Cab Passenger
|
|-
! rowspan="3" |2001
| ''[[Spy Kids (film)|Spy Kids]]''
| Cool Spy
| 
|-
| ''[[Chelsea Walls]]''
| Crony #2
| 
|-
| ''[[Waking Life]]''
| Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
|
|-
! 2006
| ''[[The Hottest State]]''
| [[John Wayne]] Enthusiast
|
|-
! 2008
| ''RSO (Registered Sex Offender)''
| Principal Mallard
|
|-
! 2018
| ''[[Blaze (2018 film)|Blaze]]''
| Oilman #3
|
|-
!2019
|''Another Day at the Office''
|Rick
|
|}

===Short films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Writer
!Producer
|-
! 1985
|''Woodshock''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
! 2003
|''Live from Shiva's Dance Floor''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
! 2019
|''Another Day at the Office''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Writer
!Producer
!Notes
|-
! 2004
|''$5.15/Hr.''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|TV pilot
|-
! 2012
|''[[Up to Speed]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|-
! 2016–2018
|''[[School of Rock (TV series)|School of Rock]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nickandmore.com/2016/03/02/nickelodeon-upfront-2016/|title=Nickelodeon Upfront 2016|website=Nick and More|date=March 2, 2016 |access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
! 2020
| ''[[That Animal Rescue Show]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| Directed 2 Episodes
|-
! 2024
| ''[[God Save Texas]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| Episode: "Hometown Prison"
|}

===Other works===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Writer
!Producer
!Notes
|-
!1988
|''[[It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[Amateur film]]; also actor, cinematographer and editor
|-
! 1991
|''Heads I Win/Tails You Lose''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|Experimental video project
|-
! 2008
| ''Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|Documentary film
|-
! 2015
| ''[[I Dream Too Much (2015 film)|I Dream Too Much]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Partial|Executive}}
|
|}

==Reception==

===Critical reception===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Film
! data-sort-type=number | [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
! data-sort-type=number | [[Metacritic]]
|-
| ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]'' || 85%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/slacker/ |title=Slacker Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 69<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/slacker |title=Slacker Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'' || 94%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dazed_and_confused/ |title=Dazed and Confused Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 78<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dazed-and-confused |title=Dazed and Confused Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Before Sunrise]]'' || 100%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/before_sunrise/ |title=Before Sunrise Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 77<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/before-sunrise |title=Before Sunrise Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[SubUrbia (film)|SubUrbia]]'' || 64%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1075781-suburbia/ |title=Panic Room Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 62<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/suburbia |title=SubUrbia Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Newton Boys]]'' || 62%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/newton_boys/ |title=The Newton Boys Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 57<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-newton-boys |title=The Newton Boys Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Waking Life]]'' || 80%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/waking_life/ |title=Waking Life Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 82<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/waking-life |title=Waking Life Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Tape (2001 film)|Tape]]'' || 78%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tape/ |title=Tape Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 71<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tape Tape]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[School of Rock]]'' || 92%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/school_of_rock/ |title=School of Rock Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 82<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/school-of-rock School of Rock]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Before Sunset]]'' || 95%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/before_sunset/ |title=Before Sunset Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 90<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/before-sunset/ |title=Before Sunset Reviews – Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Bad News Bears]]'' || 48%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_news_bears/ |title=Bad News Bears Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 65<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bad-news-bears Bad News Bears]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'' || 69%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scanner_darkly/ |title=A Scanner Darkly Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 73<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-scanner-darkly A Scanner Darkly]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Fast Food Nation (film)|Fast Food Nation]]'' || 50%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fast_food_nation/ |title=Fast Food Nation Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 64<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/fast-food-nation Fast Food Nation]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Me and Orson Welles]]'' || 85%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m//1203732-me_and_orson_welles/ |title=Me and Orson Welles Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 73<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/me-and-orson-welles Me and Orson Welles]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Bernie (2011 film)|Bernie]]'' || 90%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bernie_2011/ |title=Bernie Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 75<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bernie Bernie]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Before Midnight (2013 film)|Before Midnight]]'' || 98%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/before_midnight/ |title=Before Midnight Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 94<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/before-midnight Before Midnight]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]'' || 97%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boyhood/ |title=Boyhood Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 100<ref name="Boyhood">[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/boyhood Boyhood]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Everybody Wants Some!! (film)|Everybody Wants Some!!]]'' || 88%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/everybody-wants-some/ |title=Everybody wants some!!Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 83<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/everybody-wants-some!!]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Last Flag Flying]]'' || 73%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_flag_flying |title=Last Flag Flying Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 65<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/last-flag-flying]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Where'd You Go, Bernadette (film)|Where'd You Go, Bernadette]]'' || 48%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whered_you_go_bernadette/ |title= Where'd You Go, Bernadette Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || 51<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/whered-you-go-bernadette]. Metacritic.</ref>
|-
|''[[Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood]]''
|91%<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2022 |title=Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/apollo_10_1_2_a_space_age_childhood |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>
|79<ref>{{Citation |title=Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/apollo-10-12-a-space-age-childhood |access-date=September 10, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|''[[Hit Man (2023 film)|Hit Man]]''
|95%<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Hit Man - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hit_man_2023 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>
|82<ref>{{Citation |title=Hit Man |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/hit-man/ |access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
|''[[Blue Moon (2025 film)|Blue Moon]]''
|90%<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Blue Moon - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blue_moon_2025 |access-date=December 6, 2025 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>
|78<ref>{{Citation |title=Blue Moon |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blue-moon-2025/ |access-date=December 6, 2025}}</ref>
|-
|-
|''[[Nouvelle Vague (2025 film)|Nouvelle Vague]]''
|90%<ref>{{cite web |title=''Nouvelle Vague'' |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nouvelle_vague_2025 |access-date=November 14, 2025 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref>
|76<ref>{{Citation |title=Nouvelle Vague |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/nouvelle-vague/ |access-date=December 6, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! Average !! 80.4% !! 73
|}

===Box office===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Film
! rowspan="2" | Release date
! colspan="3" | Revenue
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px;" | Budget
! rowspan="2" | Ref.
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | United States
! style="width: 90px;" | Outside US
! style="width: 90px;" | Worldwide
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Slacker''
| data-sort-value="1990-07-27" | {{start date|1990|07|27}}
| $1,228,208
| {{N/A}}
| $1,228,208
| $23,000
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=slacker.htm|title=Slacker (1991)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Dazed and Confused''
| data-sort-value="1993-09-24" | {{start date|1993|09|24}}
| $7,993,039
| {{N/A}}
| $7,993,039
| $6,900,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dazedandconfused.htm|title=Dazed and Confused (1993)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Before Sunrise''
| data-sort-value="1995-01-27" | {{start date|1995|01|27}}
| $5,535,405
| {{N/A}}
| $5,535,405
| $2,500,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beforesunrise.htm|title=Before Sunrise (1995)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''SubUrbia''
| data-sort-value="1997-02-07" | {{start date|1997|02|07}}
| $656,747
| {{N/A}}
| $656,747
| {{N/A}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=suburbia.htm|title=SubUrbia (1997)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''The Newton Boys''
| data-sort-value="1998-03-27" | {{start date|1998|03|27}}
| $10,452,012
| {{N/A}}
| $10,452,012
| $27,000,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newtonboys.htm|title=The Newton Boys (1998)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Waking Life''
| data-sort-value="2001-10-19" | {{start date|2001|10|19}}
| $2,901,447
| $275,433
| $3,176,880
| {{N/A}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wakinglife.htm|title=Waking Life (2001)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Tape''
| data-sort-value="2001-11-02" | {{start date|2001|11|02}}
| $490,475
| $25,425
| $515,900
| $100,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tape.htm|title=Tape (2002)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''School of Rock''
| data-sort-value="2003-10-03" | {{start date|2003|10|03}}
| $81,261,177
| $50,021,772
| $131,282,949
| $35,000,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=schoolofrock.htm|title=School of Rock (2003)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Before Sunset''
| data-sort-value="2004-07-02" | {{start date|2004|07|02}}
| $5,820,649
| $10,171,966
| $15,992,615
| $2,700,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beforesunset.htm|title=Before Sunset (2004)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Bad News Bears''
| data-sort-value="2005-07-22" | {{start date|2005|07|22}}
| $32,868,349
| $1,384,498
| $34,252,847
| $35,000,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badnewsbears05.htm|title=Bad News Bears (2005)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''A Scanner Darkly''
| data-sort-value="2006-07-07" | {{start date|2006|07|07}}
| $5,501,616
| $2,158,302
| $7,659,918
| $8,700,000
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scannerdarkly.htm|title=A Scanner Darkly (2006)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=La Franco |first=Robert |date=March 2006 |title=Trouble in Toontown |work=[[Wired magazine]] |url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.03/scanner.html |access-date=July 31, 2007}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Fast Food Nation''
| data-sort-value="2006-11-17" | {{start date|2006|11|17}}
| $1,005,539
| $1,203,783
| $2,209,322
| {{N/A}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fastfoodnation.htm|title=Fast Food Nation (2006)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Me and Orson Welles''
| data-sort-value="2009-11-25" | {{start date|2009|11|25}}
| $1,190,003
| $1,146,169
| $2,336,172
| $25,000,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=meandorsonwelles.htm|title=Me and Orson Welles (2009)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Bernie''
| data-sort-value="2012-04-27" | {{start date|2012|04|27}}
| $9,206,470
| $884,171
| $10,090,641
| $6,000,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bernie.htm|title=Bernie (2012)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Before Midnight''
| data-sort-value="2013-05-24" | {{start date|2013|05|24}}
| $8,114,627
| $3,061,842
| $23,376,973
| $3,000,000
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beforemidnight.htm|title=Before Midnight (2013)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Borrelli |first=Christopher |date=May 24, 2013 |title=Richard Linklater finishes trilogy with 'Before Midnight' |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/05/24/richard-linklater-finishes-trilogy-with-before-midnight/ |access-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''Boyhood''
| data-sort-value="2014-07-11" | {{start date|2014|07|11}}
| $25,352,281
| $22,785,385
| $48,137,666
| $4,000,000
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boyhood.htm|title=Boyhood (2014)|publisher=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! style="text-align:right;" | $198,132,207
! style="text-align:right;" | $89,476,361
! style="text-align:right;" | $287,608,568
! style="text-align:right;" | $155,923,000
!
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Richard Linklater}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Academy Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Golden Globe Awards
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
| 2003
| ''[[School of Rock]]''
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Before Sunset]]''
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Me and Orson Welles]]''
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Bernie (2011 film)|Bernie]]''
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Before Midnight]]''
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]''
|align=center|6
|align=center|1
|align=center|5
|align=center|3
|align=center|5
|align=center|3
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Where'd You Go, Bernadette (film)|Where'd You Go, Bernadette]]''
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Hit Man (2023 film)|Hit Man]]''
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|2025
|''[[Blue Moon (2025 film)|Blue Moon]]''
|
|
|
|
| align="center" |2
|
|-
|2025
|''[[Nouvelle Vague (2025 film)|Nouvelle Vague]]''
|
|
|
|
| align="center" |1
|
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!align=center|8
!align=center|1
!align=center|6
!align=center|3
!align=center|13
!align=center|3
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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