Robert Altman
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
Daedalus as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2020Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans as Self (archive footage)
2018Black Baby as Self (archive footage)
2018Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage)
2014Altman as Self (archive footage)
2013What Is Cinema? as Self
2005Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker as Self
2005A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2004On the Set: Alex’s Loft as Self
2004The Politics of Docs as Self
2004On the Set: Loews Theater as Self
2004Why Tanner, Why Now? as Self
2004What’s Happened Since ‘88 as Self
2004Fact & Fiction as Self
2004Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau as Self
2004Looking for Sophia as Self
2004Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
2004Words in Progress
2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years as Self
2003Imagining Images as Self
2003A Decade Under the Influence as Self
2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
2002The Making of Gosford Park as Self
2002Robert Altman on 'Rashomon' as Self
2002Robert Altman in England as Himself
2002Rip Van Marlowe as Self
2001History vs. Hollywood as Self
2000Backstory as Self
2000Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' as Self
2000Altman on His Own Terms as Self
1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius as Self
1999The Directors as Self
1997Frank Capra's American Dream as Self
1996Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In as Self
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
1994American Cinema as Self
1993Intimate Portrait as Self
1993Made in the USA as Self
1993Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
1992Robert Altman's Players as Self
1990Hollywood Mavericks as Self
1982Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
1981Endless Love as Hotel Manager
1978The South Bank Show as Self
1973The Long Goodbye as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
1970Events as Bob
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1965The Kathryn Reed Story as Himself
1953The Oscars as Self
1952Omnibus
1947The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Man Drinking (uncredited)
—24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville as Himself