Robert Altman
Known for: Directing
Born: February 20, 1925
Died: November 20, 2006
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
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
2020
Robert Altman in England
2002
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
Altman
2014
Imagining Images
2003
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996
Made in the USA
1993
Robert Altman's Players
1992
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'
2002
Rip Van Marlowe
2002
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
What’s Happened Since ‘88
2004
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004
Fact & Fiction
2004
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004
On the Set: Loews Theater
2004
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville
From the Prairie to the Palace
1976
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
What Is Cinema?
2013
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau
2004
The Politics of Docs
2004
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003
The Kathryn Reed Story
1965
Looking for Sophia
2004
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
Events
1970
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
Words in Progress
2004
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
Daedalus
2024
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Breakdown: 1975
2025
The Long Goodbye
1973
The South Bank Show
1978
Omnibus
1952
History vs. Hollywood
2001
Intimate Portrait
1993
Endless Love
1981
The Directors
1999
The Oscars
1953
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Backstory
2000
American Cinema
1994
Omnibus
1967
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003