Robert Altman
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 20, 1925 (101 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) and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Known For
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | DaedalusSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2020 | Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The AltmansSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a DameSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | AltmanSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed GraczykSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | What Is Cinema?Self | |
| 2005 | A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin | |
| 2005 | Elio Petri: Notes About a FilmmakerSelf | |
| 2004 | Looking for SophiaSelf | |
| 2004 | Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelf | |
| 2004 | Words in Progress | |
| 2004 | Robert Altman and Garry TrudeauSelf | |
| 2004 | What’s Happened Since ‘88Self | |
| 2004 | The Politics of DocsSelf | |
| 2004 | Why Tanner, Why Now?Self | |
| 2004 | Fact & FictionSelf | |
| 2004 | On the Set: Alex’s LoftSelf | |
| 2004 | On the Set: Loews TheaterSelf | |
| 2003 | Imagining ImagesSelf | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf | |
| 2003 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsSelf | |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf | |
| 2002 | Robert Altman in EnglandHimself | |
| 2002 | Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'Self | |
| 2002 | Rip Van MarloweSelf | |
| 2002 | The Making of Gosford ParkSelf | |
| 2001 | History vs. HollywoodSelf | |
| 2000 | Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'Self | |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own TermsSelf | |
| 2000 | BackstorySelf | |
| 1999 | Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusSelf | |
| 1999 | The DirectorsSelf | |
| 1997 | Frank Capra's American DreamSelf | |
| 1996 | Robert Altman: Giggle And Give InSelf | |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf | |
| 1994 | American CinemaSelf | |
| 1993 | Made in the USASelf | |
| 1993 | Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver CountrySelf | |
| 1993 | Intimate PortraitSelf | |
| 1992 | Robert Altman's PlayersSelf | |
| 1990 | Hollywood MavericksSelf | |
| 1982 | Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. PorterReader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice) | |
| 1981 | Endless LoveHotel Manager | |
| 1978 | The South Bank ShowSelf | |
| 1976 | From the Prairie to the Palace | |
| 1973 | The Long GoodbyeAmbulance Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1970 | EventsBob | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1965 | The Kathryn Reed StoryHimself | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter MittyMan Drinking (uncredited) | |
| - | 24 Tracks: Robert Altman's NashvilleHimself |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home CompanionProducer | |
| 2004 | Tanner on TannerExecutive Producer | |
| 2003 | The CompanyProducer | |
| 2001 | Gosford ParkProducer | |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the WomenProducer | |
| 2000 | Gun: Fatal BetrayalProducer | |
| 2000 | TrixieProducer | |
| 1999 | Cookie's FortuneProducer | |
| 1997 | AfterglowProducer | |
| 1997 | Jazz '34Producer | |
| 1997 | GunProducer | |
| 1996 | Kansas CityProducer | |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-PorterProducer | |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleProducer | |
| 1988 | The Caine Mutiny Court-MartialProducer | |
| 1988 | Tanner '88Executive Producer | |
| 1987 | BasementsProducer | |
| 1987 | O.C. and StiggsProducer | |
| 1984 | Secret HonorProducer | |
| 1983 | StreamersProducer | |
| 1982 | Precious BloodExecutive Producer | |
| 1982 | Rattlesnake in a CoolerExecutive Producer | |
| 1980 | HealtHProducer | |
| 1979 | QuintetProducer | |
| 1979 | A Perfect CoupleProducer | |
| 1979 | Rich KidsExecutive Producer | |
| 1978 | Remember My NameProducer | |
| 1978 | A WeddingProducer | |
| 1977 | 3 WomenProducer | |
| 1977 | The Late ShowProducer | |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonProducer | |
| 1976 | Welcome to L.A.Producer | |
| 1975 | NashvilleProducer | |
| 1974 | California SplitProducer | |
| 1964 | Nightmare in ChicagoProducer | |
| 1957 | The James Dean StoryProducer | |
| 1957 | The DelinquentsProducer |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home CompanionDirector | |
| 2004 | Tanner on TannerDirector | |
| 2003 | The CompanyDirector | |
| 2001 | Gosford ParkDirector | |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the WomenDirector | |
| 1999 | Cookie's FortuneDirector | |
| 1998 | The Gingerbread ManDirector | |
| 1998 | Killer AppDirector | |
| 1997 | Jazz '34Director | |
| 1997 | GunDirector | |
| 1996 | Kansas CityDirector | |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-PorterDirector | |
| 1993 | Short CutsDirector | |
| 1993 | Black and Blue: A Musical RevueDirector | |
| 1992 | The PlayerDirector | |
| 1990 | Vincent & TheoDirector | |
| 1990 | Vincent & TheoDirector | |
| 1988 | The Caine Mutiny Court-MartialDirector | |
| 1988 | Tanner '88Director | |
| 1987 | O.C. and StiggsDirector | |
| 1987 | Beyond TherapyDirector | |
| 1987 | BasementsDirector | |
| 1987 | AriaDirector | |
| 1985 | Fool for LoveDirector | |
| 1985 | The LaundromatDirector | |
| 1984 | Secret HonorDirector | |
| 1983 | StreamersDirector | |
| 1982 | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy DeanDirector | |
| 1982 | Rattlesnake in a CoolerDirector | |
| 1982 | Precious BloodDirector | |
| 1980 | PopeyeDirector | |
| 1980 | HealtHDirector | |
| 1979 | QuintetDirector | |
| 1979 | A Perfect CoupleDirector | |
| 1978 | A WeddingDirector | |
| 1977 | 3 WomenDirector | |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonDirector | |
| 1975 | NashvilleDirector | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveDirector | |
| 1974 | Thieves Like UsDirector | |
| 1974 | California SplitDirector | |
| 1973 | The Long GoodbyeDirector | |
| 1972 | ImagesDirector | |
| 1971 | Brewster McCloudDirector | |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. MillerDirector | |
| 1970 | M*A*S*HDirector | |
| 1969 | That Cold Day in the ParkDirector | |
| 1968 | PremiereDirector | |
| 1967 | CountdownDirector | |
| 1967 | The HappeningSecond Unit Director | |
| 1965 | The Kathryn Reed StoryDirector | |
| 1964 | Nightmare in ChicagoDirector | |
| 1964 | Pot au feuDirector | |
| 1963 | The PartyDirector | |
| 1963 | The Long Lost Life of Edward SmalleyDirector | |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense TheatreDirector | |
| 1962 | The Gallant MenDirector | |
| 1962 | Combat!Director | |
| 1961 | Cain's HundredDirector | |
| 1961 | Bus StopDirector | |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery TheatreDirector | |
| 1960 | Route 66Director | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6Director | |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20'sDirector | |
| 1959 | Hawaiian EyeDirector | |
| 1959 | The TroubleshootersDirector | |
| 1959 | BonanzaDirector | |
| 1958 | BroncoDirector | |
| 1958 | LawmanDirector | |
| 1958 | U.S. MarshalDirector | |
| 1957 | The James Dean StoryDirector | |
| 1957 | The DelinquentsDirector | |
| 1957 | M SquadDirector | |
| 1957 | SugarfootDirector | |
| 1957 | WhirlybirdsDirector | |
| 1957 | MaverickDirector | |
| 1956 | The Magic BondDirector | |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm ShowDirector | |
| 1955 | The Perfect CrimeDirector | |
| 1955 | The MillionaireDirector | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDirector | |
| 1954 | The Dirty LookDirector | |
| 1952 | The Sound of BellsDirector | |
| 1951 | Modern FootballDirector |
| 2001 | Gosford ParkIdea | |
| 1996 | Kansas CityWriter | |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-PorterWriter | |
| 1993 | Short CutsScreenplay | |
| 1987 | Beyond TherapyScreenplay | |
| 1987 | AriaWriter | |
| 1980 | HealtHWriter | |
| 1979 | QuintetStory | |
| 1979 | QuintetScreenplay | |
| 1979 | A Perfect CoupleWriter | |
| 1978 | A WeddingStory | |
| 1978 | A WeddingScreenplay | |
| 1977 | 3 WomenWriter | |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonScreenstory | |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonScreenplay | |
| 1974 | Thieves Like UsScreenplay | |
| 1972 | ImagesWriter | |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. MillerScreenplay | |
| 1957 | The DelinquentsWriter | |
| 1956 | Corn's-a-Poppin'Writer | |
| 1955 | The Perfect CrimeWriter | |
| 1948 | BodyguardStory |