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Name: Richard Linklater
Date of Birth: Saturday July 30 1960
Born: Houston (Texas)
Nationality: American
Partial Biography: 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…Full Richard Linklater Biography…

Fast Food Nation (2007) 15 (Contains strong language, sex and slaughterhouse images)Director, Writer
A Scanner Darkly (2006) 15 (for drug and sexual content, language and brief violent image)Director, Screenplay (for the Screen)
Bad News Bears (2005) 12A (Contains moderate language and comic sex references)Director, Producer
Before Sunset (2004) 15 (http://wip.warnerbros.com/index.html?site=beforesunset)Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story By, Source Material (from characters)
The School Of Rock (2004) PG (Contains mild language and sex reference)Director
Live from Shiva's Dance Floor (2003) Director
Waking Life (2002) 15 (for language and some violent images)Actor/Actress, Director, additional dialogue (various cast), screenplay, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Spy Kids (2001) U (for action sequences and brief language)Played "Cool Spy"
The Sleepy Time Gal (2001) Special Thanks
Hamlet (2000) 12A (for some violence)Special Thanks

National Society of Film Critics Award (2001) Best Experimental Film - "Waking Life"
New York Film Critics Circle Award (2001) Best Animated Film - "Waking Life"
Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear for Best Director (1995) - "Before Sunrise"