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Richard Linklater

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The Profile

Richard Linklater is an American film director and screenwriter from Texas, known for conversational, time-spanning storytelling and formally inventive projects across drama, comedy, romance and animation.

Founder of the Austin Film Society; created the Before trilogy with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; filmed Boyhood over 12 years; employed rotoscoping in Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly.

Across these reviews, Linklater emerges as a director of conversations, identities, and time—shifting from Vienna’s romantic night to rotoscoped dreamscapes and 12-year realism. Critics praise his dialogue-driven flow, ensemble finesse, and formal experiments, while noting the lighter touch of certain minor works. Standouts include Waking Life, Boyhood, A Scanner Darkly, and the breezy camaraderie of Everybody Wants Some!!. Recent Hit Man lands as lively, clever entertainment.

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