Robert Altman

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Robert Altman

Directing February 20, 1925

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 styliz…

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
Gosford Park

Gosford Park

6.8 2001 Movie
M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

6.9 1970 Movie
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
The Player

The Player

7.2 1992 Movie
The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

7.4 1973 Movie
Popeye

Popeye

5.6 1980 Movie
Short Cuts

Short Cuts

7.2 1993 Movie
Maverick

Maverick

7.0 1957 TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8 1955 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
Combat!

Combat!

7.9 1962 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Breakdown: 1975

    Movie Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)

  2. 2024
    Daedalus

    Movie Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

  3. 2020
    Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2018
    Nothing Like a Dame

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2014
    Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2014
    Altman

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2013
    What Is Cinema?

    Movie Self

  8. 2006
    A Prairie Home Companion

    Movie Director

  9. 2005
    Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

    Movie Self

  10. 2005
    A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

    Movie

  11. 2004
    Fact & Fiction

    Movie Self

  12. 2004
    On the Set: Loews Theater

    Movie Self

  13. 2004
    On the Set: Alex’s Loft

    Movie Self

  14. 2004
    Why Tanner, Why Now?

    Movie Self

  15. 2004
    What’s Happened Since ‘88

    Movie Self

  16. 2004
    The Politics of Docs

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2004
    Tanner on Tanner

    TV show Executive Producer

  2. 2004
    Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau

    Movie Self

  3. 2004
    Looking for Sophia

    Movie Self

  4. 2004
    Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

    Movie Self

  5. 2004
    Words in Progress

    Movie

  6. 2003
    The Company

    Movie Director

  7. 2003
    Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

    Movie Self

  8. 2003
    Imagining Images

    Movie Self

  9. 2003
    A Decade Under the Influence

    Movie Self

  10. 2003
    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Movie Self

  11. 2002
    The Making of Gosford Park

    Movie Self

  12. 2002
    Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'

    Movie Self

  13. 2002
    Robert Altman in England

    Movie Self

  14. 2002
    Rip Van Marlowe

    Movie Self

  15. 2001
    Gosford Park

    Movie Producer

  16. 2001
    History vs. Hollywood

    TV show Self

  17. 2000
    Dr. T & the Women

    Movie Director

  18. 2000
    Backstory

    TV show Self

  19. 2000
    Trixie

    Movie Producer

  20. 2000
    Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

    Movie Self

  21. 2000
    Gun: Fatal Betrayal

    Movie Producer

  22. 2000
    Altman on His Own Terms

    Movie Self

  23. 1999
    Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

    Movie Self

  24. 1999
    Cookie's Fortune

    Movie Producer