Richard Linklater
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It's tough, man. Unless it's a tentpole, sequel, remake, or over-the-top comedy, that's all the studios are even doing. They've kind of admitted they're not in the business of doing anything else. The slightest level of irony or intelligence and, boom, you're out of the league, you're done.
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Birthdate :July 30, 1960
Country : United States of America
Sign : Leo
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Richard Linklater Timeline
1991
Kevin Smith said that it was Linklater's Slacker (1991) that made him want to be a director.1993
7 October 2004: Three former friends of Linklater--Bobby Wooderson, Andy Slater, and Richard "Pink" Floyd--sued him for the unauthorized use of their names and images in the film Dazed and Confused (1993) and for their representation as stoners, which they say has damaged their reputation.1999
Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999.2007
Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 9, 2007 in Austin, Texas.2008
Profiled in "Conversations with Directors: An Anthology of Interviews from Literature/Film Quarterly", E.M. Walker, D.T. Johnson, eds. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
