Robert Altman

Biography

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.

Known For

The Dick Cavett Show

Intimate Portrait

The Oscars

Omnibus

Omnibus

The South Bank Show

The Directors

Endless Love

All Movies (45)

• Breakdown: 19752025 · as Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
• Daedalus2024 · as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
• Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Nothing Like a Dame2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Altman2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• What Is Cinema?2013 · as Self
• Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker2005 · as Self
• A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin2005
• What’s Happened Since ‘882004 · as Self
• The Politics of Docs2004 · as Self
• Why Tanner, Why Now?2004 · as Self
• Fact & Fiction2004 · as Self
• On the Set: Alex’s Loft2004 · as Self
• On the Set: Loews Theater2004 · as Self
• Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau2004 · as Self
• Looking for Sophia2004 · as Self
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession2004 · as Self
• Words in Progress2004
• Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years2003 · as Self
• Imagining Images2003 · as Self
• A Decade Under the Influence2003 · as Self
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003 · as Self
• The Making of Gosford Park2002 · as Self
• Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'2002 · as Self
• Robert Altman in England2002 · as Self
• Rip Van Marlowe2002 · as Self
• Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'2000 · as Self
• Altman on His Own Terms2000 · as Self
• Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius1999 · as Self
• Frank Capra's American Dream1997 · as Self
• Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In1996 · as Self
• The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995 · as Self
• Made in the USA1993 · as Self
• Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country1993 · as Self
• Robert Altman's Players1992 · as Self
• Hollywood Mavericks1990 · as Self
• Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter1982 · as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
• Endless Love1981 · as Hotel Manager
• From the Prairie to the Palace1976
• The Long Goodbye1973 · as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
• Events1970 · as Bob
• The Kathryn Reed Story1965 · as Himself
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty1947 · as Man Drinking (uncredited)
• 24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville— · as Himself

All TV Shows (10)

• History vs. Hollywood2001 · as Self
• Backstory2000 · as Self
• The Directors1999 · as Self
• American Cinema1994 · as Self
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• The South Bank Show1978 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Omnibus1967
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Omnibus1952