Richard Linklater Biography (2)

Richard Linklater, one of the most successful and unique talents to emerge from the independent film movement of the 1990s, made his feature film debut with Slacker, an insightful look at disaffected youth culture.

The Texas-based filmmaker's other films include the hit comedy Dazed and Confused, which Linklater also wrote, Before Sunrise, which garnered him the Best Director Award at

the Berlin International Film Festival, the comedy ensemble film SubUrbia, based on Eric Bogosian's play, The Newton Boys, starring Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich and Ethan Hawke, the critically acclaimed animation fantasy Waking Life, from Linklater's original screenplay, and Tape, based on Stephen Belber's .provocative one-act play and starring Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard and Uma Thurman.

Linklater also serves as the Artistic Director for the Austin Film Society, which he founded in 1985 to showcase films from around the world that were not typically shown in Austin. In 1999, the Austin Film Society received the first National Honoree Award from the Directors Guild of America in recognition of its support of the arts.

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