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Robert Altman

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Date of birth
Feb 20, 1925
Date of death
Nov 20, 2006(aged 81)
Place of birth

Robert Altman

Biography of Robert Altman:

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) and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Robert Altman has directed:

A Prairie Home Companion(2006)
The Company(2003)
Gosford Park(2001)
Dr. T & the Women(2000)
Cookie's Fortune(1999)
Killer App(1998)
The Gingerbread Man(1998)
Jazz '34(1997)
Kansas City(1996)
Prêt-à-Porter(1994)
Short Cuts(1993)
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue(1993)
The Player(1992)
Vincent & Theo(1990)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial(1988)
O.C. and Stiggs(1987)
Aria(1987)
Basements(1987)
Beyond Therapy(1987)
Fool for Love(1985)
The Laundromat(1985)
Secret Honor(1984)
Streamers(1983)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean(1982)
Precious Blood(1982)
Rattlesnake in a Cooler(1982)
Popeye(1980)
HealtH(1980)
A Perfect Couple(1979)
Quintet(1979)
A Wedding(1978)
3 Women(1977)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson(1976)
Nashville(1975)
California Split(1974)
Thieves Like Us(1974)
The Long Goodbye(1973)
Images(1972)
Brewster McCloud(1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971)

Robert Altman has acted in:

Breakdown: 1975(2025) ... as Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
Daedalus(2024) ... as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans(2020) ... as Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame(2018) ... as Self (archive footage)
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk(2014) ... as Self (archive footage)
Altman(2014) ... as Self (archive footage)
What Is Cinema?(2013) ... as Self
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker(2005) ... as Self
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin(2005)
What’s Happened Since ‘88(2004) ... as Self
The Politics of Docs(2004) ... as Self
Why Tanner, Why Now?(2004) ... as Self
Fact & Fiction(2004) ... as Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft(2004) ... as Self
On the Set: Loews Theater(2004) ... as Self
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau(2004) ... as Self
Looking for Sophia(2004) ... as Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession(2004) ... as Self
Words in Progress(2004)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years(2003) ... as Self
Imagining Images(2003) ... as Self
A Decade Under the Influence(2003) ... as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood(2003) ... as Self
The Making of Gosford Park(2002) ... as Self
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'(2002) ... as Self
Robert Altman in England(2002) ... as Self
Rip Van Marlowe(2002) ... as Self
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'(2000) ... as Self
Altman on His Own Terms(2000) ... as Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius(1999) ... as Self
Frank Capra's American Dream(1997) ... as Self
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In(1996) ... as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies(1995) ... as Self
Made in the USA(1993) ... as Self
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country(1993) ... as Self
Robert Altman's Players(1992) ... as Self
Hollywood Mavericks(1990) ... as Self
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter(1982) ... as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
Endless Love(1981) ... as Hotel Manager
From the Prairie to the Palace(1976)
The Long Goodbye(1973) ... as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Events(1970) ... as Bob
The Kathryn Reed Story(1965) ... as Himself
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty(1947) ... as Man Drinking (uncredited)
24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville ... as Himself

Additional credits for Robert Altman:

A Prairie Home Companion(2006)(Producer)
The Company(2003)(Producer)
Gosford Park(2001)(Producer)
Dr. T & the Women(2000)(Producer)
Trixie(2000)(Producer)
Gun: Fatal Betrayal(2000)(Producer)
Cookie's Fortune(1999)(Producer)
Afterglow(1997)(Producer)
Jazz '34(1997)(Producer)
Kansas City(1996)(Writer)
Prêt-à-Porter(1994)(Producer)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle(1994)(Producer)
Short Cuts(1993)(Screenplay)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial(1988)(Producer)
O.C. and Stiggs(1987)(Producer)
Aria(1987)(Writer)
Basements(1987)(Producer)
Beyond Therapy(1987)(Screenplay)
Secret Honor(1984)(Producer)
Streamers(1983)(Producer)
Precious Blood(1982)(Executive Producer)
Rattlesnake in a Cooler(1982)(Executive Producer)
HealtH(1980)(Producer)
Rich Kids(1979)(Executive Producer)
A Perfect Couple(1979)(Writer)
Quintet(1979)(Story)
A Wedding(1978)(Story)
Remember My Name(1978)(Producer)
3 Women(1977)(Writer)
The Late Show(1977)(Producer)
Welcome to L.A.(1976)(Producer)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson(1976)(Screenstory)
Nashville(1975)(Producer)
California Split(1974)(Producer)
Thieves Like Us(1974)(Screenplay)
Images(1972)(Writer)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971)(Screenplay)
The Happening(1967)(Second Unit Director)
Nightmare in Chicago(1964)(Producer)
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley(1963)(Writer)
The James Dean Story(1957)(Producer)
The Delinquents(1957)(Writer)
Corn's-a-Poppin'(1956)(Writer)
The Perfect Crime(1955)(Writer)
Honeymoon for Harriet(1950)(Writer)
Bodyguard(1948)(Story)

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