Directing · Kansas City, Missouri, USA · Born February 20, 1925
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.
MovieBreakdown: 1975
2025
as Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
MovieDaedalus
2024
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAltman
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWhat Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
MovieElio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self
MovieA Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
What’s Happened Since ‘88
2004
as Self
The Politics of Docs
2004
as Self
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004
as Self
Fact & Fiction
2004
as Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004
as Self
On the Set: Loews Theater
2004
as Self
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau
2004
as Self
MovieLooking for Sophia
2004
as Self
MovieZ Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self
MovieWords in Progress
2004
MovieTwentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003
as Self
Imagining Images
2003
as Self
MovieA Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
MovieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
MovieThe Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
MovieRobert Altman on 'Rashomon'
2002
as Self
Robert Altman in England
2002
as Self
MovieRip Van Marlowe
2002
as Self
TVHistory vs. Hollywood
2001
as Self
TVBackstory
2000
as Self
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000
as Self
MovieAltman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
MovieHitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self
TVThe Directors
1999
as Self
MovieFrank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self
MovieRobert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996
as Self
MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
TVAmerican Cinema
1994
as Self
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self
MovieMade in the USA
1993
as Self
MovieLuck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
MovieRobert Altman's Players
1992
as Self
MovieHollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self
MovieBefore the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
MovieEndless Love
1981
as Hotel Manager
TVThe South Bank Show
1978
as Self
MovieFrom the Prairie to the Palace
1976
MovieThe Long Goodbye
1973
as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
MovieEvents
1970
as Bob
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVOmnibus
1967
MovieThe Kathryn Reed Story
1965
as Himself
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVOmnibus
1952
MovieThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Man Drinking (uncredited)
24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville
as Himself
