Robert Altman

Known for: Directing

Born: 1925-02-20 – 2006-11-20 (aged 81)

From: 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 (55)

MOVIE★ 6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Daedalus
2024
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Altman
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
MOVIE
What’s Happened Since ‘88
2004
as Self
MOVIE
The Politics of Docs
2004
as Self
MOVIE
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004
as Self
MOVIE
Fact & Fiction
2004
as Self
MOVIE
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004
as Self
MOVIE
On the Set: Loews Theater
2004
as Self
MOVIE
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Looking for Sophia
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Words in Progress
2004
MOVIE★ 6.3
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Imagining Images
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
MOVIE
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'
2002
as Self
MOVIE
Robert Altman in England
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Rip Van Marlowe
2002
as Self
TV★ 8.0
History vs. Hollywood
2001
as Self
TV★ 7.7
Backstory
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self
TV★ 6.1
The Directors
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self
MOVIE
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
TV★ 8.3
American Cinema
1994
as Self
TV★ 4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 2.0
Made in the USA
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Robert Altman's Players
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Endless Love
1981
as Hotel Manager
TV★ 5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
MOVIE
From the Prairie to the Palace
1976
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Long Goodbye
1973
as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Events
1970
as Bob
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Kathryn Reed Story
1965
as Himself
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 6.3
Omnibus
1952
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Man Drinking (uncredited)
MOVIE
24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville
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as Himself