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Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Born: 1925-02-20 • 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.

Filmography
Breakdown: 1975 poster
Breakdown: 1975
2025 • Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
Daedalus poster
Daedalus
2024 • Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
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Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
2020 • Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame poster
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 • Self (archive footage)
Altman poster
Altman
2014 • Self (archive footage)
What Is Cinema? poster
What Is Cinema?
2013 • Self
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker poster
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 • Self
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin poster
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
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What’s Happened Since ‘88
2004 • Self
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The Politics of Docs
2004 • Self
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Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004 • Self
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Fact & Fiction
2004 • Self
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On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004 • Self
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On the Set: Loews Theater
2004 • Self
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Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau
2004 • Self
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Looking for Sophia
2004 • Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession poster
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 • Self
Words in Progress poster
Words in Progress
2004
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years poster
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003 • Self
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Imagining Images
2003 • Self
A Decade Under the Influence poster
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 • Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 • Self
The Making of Gosford Park poster
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 • Self
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon' poster
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'
2002 • Self
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Robert Altman in England
2002 • Himself
Rip Van Marlowe poster
Rip Van Marlowe
2002 • Self
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Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000 • Self
Altman on His Own Terms poster
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 • Self
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius poster
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 • Self
Frank Capra's American Dream poster
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 • Self
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In poster
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996 • Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies poster
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 • Self
Made in the USA poster
Made in the USA
1993 • Self
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country poster
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993 • Self
Robert Altman's Players poster
Robert Altman's Players
1992 • Self
Hollywood Mavericks poster
Hollywood Mavericks
1990 • Self
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter poster
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982 • Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
Endless Love poster
Endless Love
1981 • Hotel Manager
From the Prairie to the Palace poster
From the Prairie to the Palace
1976
The Long Goodbye poster
The Long Goodbye
1973 • Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Events poster
Events
1970 • Bob
The Kathryn Reed Story poster
The Kathryn Reed Story
1965 • Himself
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty poster
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 • Man Drinking (uncredited)
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24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville
— • Himself