Robert Altman
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.
83 directing credits · 55 acting credits
Directing · 83
Saturday Night Live
1975
Bonanza
1959
Maverick
1957
Combat!
1962
Lawman
1958
Route 66
1960
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Surfside 6
1960
Sugarfoot
1957
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
M Squad
1957
The Millionaire
1955
Bronco
1958
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Gallant Men
1962
Bus Stop
1961
The Gale Storm Show
1956
Whirlybirds
1957
Tanner '88
1988
Gosford Park
2001
M*A*S*H
1970
The Player
1992
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Gun
1997
Popeye
1980
The Troubleshooters
1959
Tanner on Tanner
2004
Short Cuts
1993
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
The Long Goodbye
1973
Nashville
1975
3 Women
1977
Aria
1987
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
Dr. T & the Women
2000
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
U.S. Marshal
1958
The Gingerbread Man
1998
The Company
2003
A Wedding
1978
Images
1972
Basements
1987
Cookie's Fortune
1999
HealtH
1980
Kansas City
1996
Thieves Like Us
1974
Brewster McCloud
1971
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
Streamers
1983
That Cold Day in the Park
1969
Premiere
1968
California Split
1974
Countdown
1967
Vincent & Theo
1990
The James Dean Story
1957
The Delinquents
1957
A Perfect Couple
1979
Quintet
1979
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988
Vincent & Theo
1990
Fool for Love
1985
Beyond Therapy
1987
Secret Honor
1984
The Laundromat
1985
Jazz '34
1997
Nightmare in Chicago
1964
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
1993
The Kathryn Reed Story
1965
Rattlesnake in a Cooler
1982
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
1963
The Dirty Look
1954
The Sound of Bells
1952
Modern Football
1951
Pot au feu
1964
Killer App
1998
The Perfect Crime
1955
The Magic Bond
1956
Precious Blood
1982
The Party
1963
Acting · 55
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Omnibus
1967
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Oscars
1953
Omnibus
1952
The South Bank Show
1978
The Directors
1999
Endless Love
1981
The Long Goodbye
1973
American Cinema
1994
History vs. Hollywood
2001
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Backstory
2000
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Altman
2014
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
Daedalus
2024
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Made in the USA
1993
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
What Is Cinema?
2013
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
Robert Altman in England
2002
Words in Progress
2004
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003
The Kathryn Reed Story
1965
Robert Altman's Players
1992
Imagining Images
2003
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
2020
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau
2004
Looking for Sophia
2004
Rip Van Marlowe
2002
Events
1970
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014
From the Prairie to the Palace
1976
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004
What’s Happened Since ‘88
2004
On the Set: Loews Theater
2004
Fact & Fiction
2004
The Politics of Docs
2004
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'
2002
24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville
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