Robert Altman

Feb 20, 1925 - Nov 20, 2006 (81 years old) in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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

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Intimate Portrait

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The Oscars

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The Directors

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American Cinema

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Backstory

Self

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The Long Goodbye

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

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Altman

Self (archive footage)

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Endless Love

Hotel Manager

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Breakdown: 1975

Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)

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History vs. Hollywood

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Credits

24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville Future

Himself

★ NR
Breakdown: 1975 2025

Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)

★ 6.4
Daedalus 2024

Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

★ 10
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans 2020

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Nothing Like a Dame 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8
Altman 2014

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.6
What Is Cinema? 2013

Self

★ 6.5
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker 2005

Self

★ 6.7
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin 2005

★ 6.3
What’s Happened Since ‘88 2004

Self

★ NR
The Politics of Docs 2004

Self

★ NR
Why Tanner, Why Now? 2004

Self

★ NR
Fact & Fiction 2004

Self

★ NR
On the Set: Alex’s Loft 2004

Self

★ NR
On the Set: Loews Theater 2004

Self

★ NR
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau 2004

Self

★ NR
Looking for Sophia 2004

Self

★ 8
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession 2004

Self

★ 7.1
Words in Progress 2004

★ 4
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years 2003

Self

★ 5
Imagining Images 2003

Self

★ NR
A Decade Under the Influence 2003

Self

★ 7.9
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood 2003

Self

★ 7.1
The Making of Gosford Park 2002

Self

★ 5
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon' 2002

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★ NR
Robert Altman in England 2002

Himself

★ NR
Rip Van Marlowe 2002

Self

★ 5.7
History vs. Hollywood 2001

Self

★ 7.7
Backstory 2000

Self

★ 6.5
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' 2000

Self

★ 6
Altman on His Own Terms 2000

Self

★ NR
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius 1999

Self

★ 8.4
The Directors 1999

Self

★ 5.8
Frank Capra's American Dream 1997

Self

★ 6.3
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In 1996

Self

★ NR
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995

Self

★ 7.8
American Cinema 1994

Self

★ 8
Intimate Portrait 1993

Self

★ 4.5
Made in the USA 1993

Self

★ 2
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country 1993

Self

★ 6
Robert Altman's Players 1992

Self

★ 5.5
Hollywood Mavericks 1990

Self

★ 6
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter 1982

Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)

★ 5.7
Endless Love 1981

Hotel Manager

★ 5.7
From the Prairie to the Palace 1976

★ NR
The Long Goodbye 1973

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.4
Events 1970

Bob

★ 3.4
The Kathryn Reed Story 1965

Himself

★ 1
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 7.1
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947

Man Drinking (uncredited)

★ 6.8

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