Name
Robert Altman
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1925-02-20
Deathday
2006-11-20 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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
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In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of ...
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In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murd...
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- 2018 Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Man Drinking (uncredited)
- 1999 Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius as Self
- 1981 Endless Love as Hotel Manager
- 1965 The Kathryn Reed Story as Himself
- 2004 Looking for Sophia as Self
- 1997 Frank Capra's American Dream as Self
- 2002 Robert Altman in England as Self
- 2005 A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
- 1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 2004 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
- 2005 Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker as Self
- 2014 Altman as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 Imagining Images as Self
- 2000 Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' as Self
- 2004 Words in Progress
- 1996 Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In as Self
- 1993 Made in the USA as Self
- 2013 What Is Cinema? as Self
- 2024 Daedalus as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
- 2003 A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2004 Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau as Self
- 1992 Robert Altman's Players as Self
- 1970 Events as Bob
- 1990 Hollywood Mavericks as Self
- 1993 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
- 1982 Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
- 2002 Robert Altman on 'Rashomon' as Self
- 2002 Rip Van Marlowe as Self
- 1973 The Long Goodbye as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
- 2002 The Making of Gosford Park as Self
- 2004 What’s Happened Since ‘88 as Self
- 2004 The Politics of Docs as Self
- 2004 Why Tanner, Why Now? as Self
- 2004 Fact & Fiction as Self
- 2004 On the Set: Alex’s Loft as Self
- 2004 On the Set: Loews Theater as Self
- 2000 Altman on His Own Terms as Self
- Soon 24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville as Himself
- 2003 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years as Self
- 2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 2025 Breakdown: 1975 as Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
- 1976 From the Prairie to the Palace
- 2014 Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 Heart of the Festival as Self (archive footage)
- 1978 The South Bank Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode )
- 2001 History vs. Hollywood ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 The Directors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2000 Backstory ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 American Cinema ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Arena ( 1 episode )
