Robert Altman
Director
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.
Filmography
The Long Goodbye
as Ambulance Driver (uncredited) 1973
Endless Love
as Hotel Manager 1981
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Man Drinking (uncredited) 1947
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self 2003
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) 2018
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self 2003
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
as Self 2004
Altman
as Self (archive footage) 2014
What Is Cinema?
as Self 2013
Breakdown: 1975
as Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage) 2025
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self 2005
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self 1995
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self 1997
Events
as Bob 1970
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice) 1982
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
as Self 1999