- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 20, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Died
- November 20, 2006
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.
Filmography
movieBreakdown: 1975
2025 · Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
movieDaedalus
2024 · Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieNothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieAltman
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhat Is Cinema?
2013 · Self
movieA Prairie Home Companion
2006 · Director, Producer
movieElio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 · Self
movieA Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
What’s Happened Since ‘88
2004 · Self
The Politics of Docs
2004 · Self
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004 · Self
Fact & Fiction
2004 · Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004 · Self
On the Set: Loews Theater
2004 · Self
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau
2004 · Self
tvTanner on Tanner
2004 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
movieLooking for Sophia
2004 · Self
movieZ Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 · Self
movieWords in Progress
2004
movieThe Company
2003 · Producer, Director
movieTwentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003 · Self
Imagining Images
2003 · Self
movieA Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
movieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
movieThe Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self
movieRobert Altman on 'Rashomon'
2002 · Self
Robert Altman in England
2002 · Self
movieRip Van Marlowe
2002 · Self
movieGosford Park
2001 · Director, Producer, Idea
tvHistory vs. Hollywood
2001 · Self
movieDr. T & the Women
2000 · Producer, Director
tvBackstory
2000 · Self
movieTrixie
2000 · Producer
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000 · Self
movieGun: Fatal Betrayal
2000 · Producer
movieAltman on His Own Terms
2000 · Self
movieHitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 · Self
movieCookie's Fortune
1999 · Director, Producer
tvThe Directors
1999 · Self
movieKiller App
1998 · Director
movieThe Gingerbread Man
1998 · Director
movieAfterglow
1997 · Producer
movieFrank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Self
tvGun
1997 · Producer, Director
movieJazz '34
1997 · Director, Producer
movieKansas City
1996 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieRobert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996 · Self
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self
moviePrêt-à-Porter
1994 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieMrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994 · Producer
tvAmerican Cinema
1994 · Self
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
movieShort Cuts
1993 · Screenplay, Director
movieMade in the USA
1993 · Self
movieLuck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993 · Self
movieBlack and Blue: A Musical Revue
1993 · Director
movieThe Player
1992 · Director
movieRobert Altman's Players
1992 · Self
movieVincent & Theo
1990 · Director
movieHollywood Mavericks
1990 · Self
tvVincent & Theo
1990 · Director
movieThe Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988 · Director, Producer
tvTanner '88
1988 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator
movieO.C. and Stiggs
1987 · Director, Producer
movieAria
1987 · Director, Writer
movieBasements
1987 · Director, Producer
movieBeyond Therapy
1987 · Screenplay, Director
movieFool for Love
1985 · Director
movieThe Laundromat
1985 · Director
movieSecret Honor
1984 · Director, Producer
movieStreamers
1983 · Director, Producer
movieCome Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982 · Director
movieBefore the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982 · Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
moviePrecious Blood
1982 · Executive Producer, Director
movieRattlesnake in a Cooler
1982 · Director, Executive Producer
movieEndless Love
1981 · Hotel Manager
moviePopeye
1980 · Director
movieHealtH
1980 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieRich Kids
1979 · Executive Producer
movieA Perfect Couple
1979 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieQuintet
1979 · Screenplay, Story, Producer, Director
movieA Wedding
1978 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
movieRemember My Name
1978 · Producer
tvThe South Bank Show
1978 · Self
movie3 Women
1977 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieThe Late Show
1977 · Producer
movieWelcome to L.A.
1976 · Producer
movieFrom the Prairie to the Palace
1976
movieBuffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976 · Director, Screenplay, Screenstory, Producer
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Director
movieNashville
1975 · Producer, Director
movieCalifornia Split
1974 · Director, Producer
movieThieves Like Us
1974 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Long Goodbye
1973 · Ambulance Driver (uncredited), Director
movieImages
1972 · Director, Writer
movieBrewster McCloud
1971 · Director
movieMcCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Director, Screenplay
movieEvents
1970 · Bob
movieM*A*S*H
1970 · Director
movieThat Cold Day in the Park
1969 · Director
Premiere
1968 · Director
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
tvOmnibus
1967
movieCountdown
1967 · Director
movieThe Happening
1967 · Second Unit Director
movieThe Kathryn Reed Story
1965 · Himself, Director
moviePot au feu
1964 · Director
movieNightmare in Chicago
1964 · Director, Producer
movieThe Party
1963 · Director
movieThe Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
1963 · Director, Writer, Producer
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Director
tvThe Gallant Men
1962 · Director
tvCombat!
1962 · Director
tvBus Stop
1961 · Director
tvCain's Hundred
1961 · Director
tvKraft Mystery Theatre
1961 · Director
tvThe Roaring 20's
1960 · Director
tvRoute 66
1960 · Director
tvSurfside 6
1960 · Director
tvHawaiian Eye
1959 · Director
tvBonanza
1959 · Director
tvThe Troubleshooters
1959 · Director
tvU.S. Marshal
1958 · Director
tvLawman
1958 · Director
tvBronco
1958 · Director
tvMaverick
1957 · Director
tvM Squad
1957 · Director
tvSugarfoot
1957 · Director
movieThe James Dean Story
1957 · Producer, Director, Editor
movieThe Delinquents
1957 · Director, Writer, Producer
tvWhirlybirds
1957 · Director
The Gale Storm Show
1956 · Director
movieCorn's-a-Poppin'
1956 · Writer
movieThe Magic Bond
1956 · Director
movieThe Perfect Crime
1955 · Director, Writer
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Director
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Director
movieThe Dirty Look
1954 · Director
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvOmnibus
1952
movieThe Sound of Bells
1952 · Director
movieModern Football
1951 · Director
Honeymoon for Harriet
1950 · Writer, Editor
movieBodyguard
1948 · Story
movieThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Man Drinking (uncredited)
24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville
— · Himself