Robert Altman

Robert Altman

1925-02-20 Kansas City, Missouri, USA 110 Credits

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.

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Daedalus

Daedalus

2024

as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

10.0
Acting

"Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breathe." Shot in just seven consecutive days during the summer of 2023, it concludes the fi...

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

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A look at the making of Popeye(1980) featuring interviews with Robert Altman, Stephen Altman, and Robin Williams

Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen togeth...

Altman

Altman

2014

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution o...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

2013

as Self

6.4
Acting

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, Da...

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

2006

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country m...

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

2005

as Self

6.7
Acting

A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.

A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

2005

6.3
Acting

On May 8th, 1945, writer, director Norman Corwin broadcast ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH, an unforgettable homage to the end of war in Europe. This film shines...

What’s Happened Since ‘88

2004

as Self

Acting

A discussion of how the world has changed since Tanner ‘88.

The Politics of Docs

2004

as Self

Acting

A look at the subjects of Tanner ‘88 and Tanner on Tanner.

Why Tanner, Why Now?

2004

as Self

Acting

A look at the inspiration behind Tanner on Tanner.

Fact & Fiction

2004

as Self

Acting

A look at the blending of fact and fiction in Tanner ‘88 and Tanner on Tanner.

On the Set: Alex’s Loft

2004

as Self

Acting

A behind the scenes look at the shooting of a scene for Tanner on Tanner.

On the Set: Loews Theater

2004

as Self

Acting

A behind the scenes look at the shooting of a scene for Tanner on Tanner.

Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau

2004

as Self

Acting

Director Robert Altman and writer Garry Trudeau discuss their collaboration on Tanner ‘88 in a conversation recorded in June 2004.

Looking for Sophia

2004

as Self

8.0
Acting

Looking for Sophia is a documentary about Loren's remarkable life and career, featuring rare newsreel footage, highlights from her films, and insights...

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004

as Self

7.0
Acting

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based...

Words in Progress

Words in Progress

2004

4.0
Acting

Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals.

The Company

The Company

2003

Director, Producer

5.2
Directing Producing

Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

2003

as Self

5.0
Acting

Behind-the-scenes footage, rare screen tests and insightful interviews highlight this engrossing two-hour look at one of Hollywood's greatest dream fa...

Imagining Images

2003

as Self

Acting

A made for DVD extras documentary about the making of Robert Altman’s film Images.

A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence

2003

as Self

8.0
Acting

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential direc...

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

2002

as Self

5.0
Acting

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in...

Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'

Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'

2002

as Self

Acting

Interview with director Robert Altman about "Rashomon."

Robert Altman in England

2002

as Himself

Acting

Robert Altman interviewed during the making of GOSFORD PARK (2001), as well as members of the cast and crew. Also, revealing behind the scenes footage...

Rip Van Marlowe

Rip Van Marlowe

2002

as Self

5.7
Acting

Interviews with Robert Altman and Elliott Gould about The Long Goodbye (1973)

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

2001

Producer, Director, Idea

6.8
Producing Directing

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea...

Dr. T & the Women

Dr. T & the Women

2000

Director, Producer

4.9
Directing Producing

A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other ...

Trixie

Trixie

2000

Producer

4.9
Producing

Passed over at work and numbed after she witnesses a colleague's murder, security guard Trixie Zurbo takes a relatively easy job at a lakefront casino...

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

2000

as Self

6.0
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the making of the movie M*A*S*H. The documentary reveals all of the chaos, politics, and conflict that was going on behind...

Gun: Fatal Betrayal

Gun: Fatal Betrayal

2000

Producer

5.0
Producing

Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Altman on His Own Terms

Altman on His Own Terms

2000

as Self

Acting

A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. The genius director who shook the cinema industry w...

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

1999

as Self

8.4
Acting

This documentary is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of Alfred Hitchcock. Briefly covering much of his early British works, the film primari...

Cookie's Fortune

Cookie's Fortune

1999

Producer, Director

6.4
Producing Directing

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Killer App

Killer App

1998

Director

Directing

About battles in the computer world of Seattle.

The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Man

1998

Director

5.6
Directing

A successful Savannah defense attorney gets romantically involved with a sexy, mysterious waitress troubled by psychopaths and dark family secrets.

Afterglow

Afterglow

1997

Producer

6.0
Producing

Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corpor...

Gun

Gun

1997

Director, Executive Producer

7.0
Directing Producing

Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Jazz '34

Jazz '34

1997

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

A recreation of 1934 Kansas City jazz jam session created by Robert Altman.

Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

as Self

6.2
Acting

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Kansas City

Kansas City

1996

Writer, Director, Producer

6.2
Writing Directing Producing

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

1996

as Self

Acting

Paul Joyce’s documentary profile of Robert Altman, with contributions from Altman, Elliott Gould, Shelley Duvall, assistant director Alan Rudolph and ...

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

as Self

8.1
Acting

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and write...

Prêt-à-Porter

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

Producer, Director, Writer

5.2
Producing Directing Writing

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994

Producer

5.8
Producing

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w...

Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993

Director, Screenplay

7.2
Directing Writing

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

Made in the USA

Made in the USA

1993

as Self

2.0
Acting

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

1993

as Self

6.0
Acting

A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

Black and Blue: A Musical Revue

Black and Blue: A Musical Revue

1993

Director

Directing

The famous rhythm and blues revue featuring such standards as the title song, "After You've Gone" and "In a Sentimental Mood," to name just a few, and...

The Player

The Player

1992

Director

7.2
Directing

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Robert Altman's Players

Robert Altman's Players

1992

as Self

5.5
Acting

Behind-the-scenes documentary about a fundraiser which was staged for Robert Altman's film "The Player" (1992).

Vincent & Theo

Vincent & Theo

1990

Director

6.4
Directing

The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters written b...

Hollywood Mavericks

Hollywood Mavericks

1990

as Self

6.0
Acting

A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic di...

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1988

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".

O.C. and Stiggs

O.C. and Stiggs

1987

Director, Producer

4.5
Directing Producing

O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek rev...

Aria

Aria

1987

Writer, Director

5.6
Writing Directing

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each s...

Basements

Basements

1987

Director, Producer

7.7
Directing Producing

Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Dumb Waiter and The Room – each, once again, set in ...

Beyond Therapy

Beyond Therapy

1987

Screenplay, Director

3.9
Writing Directing

Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and have been encouraged by their psychiatrists to find someo...

Fool for Love

Fool for Love

1985

Director

5.8
Directing

A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.

The Laundromat

The Laundromat

1985

Director

6.0
Directing

Two lonely women coincide at midnight in a laundromat, where they reveal their secrets.

Secret Honor

Secret Honor

1984

Director, Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

In his New Jersey study, Richard Nixon retraces the missteps of his political career, attempting to absolve himself of responsibility for Watergate an...

Streamers

Streamers

1983

Director, Producer

5.9
Directing Producing

Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is gay.

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

1982

Director

6.0
Directing

On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

1982

as Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)

5.7
Acting

A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

Precious Blood

Precious Blood

1982

Executive Producer, Director

8.0
Producing Directing

A one act play where a woman and a man share their life stories, till they inter stitch and conflict with each other.

Rattlesnake in a Cooler

Rattlesnake in a Cooler

1982

Director, Executive Producer

Directing Producing

A one act play about a young doctor who ditches his safe middle-class existence to become a cowboy out West. His cowboy fantasy eventually breaks down...

Endless Love

Endless Love

1981

as Hotel Manager

5.7
Acting

As their romance unfolds, Jade and David's growing love for one another becomes the scorn of Jade's father. However, when Jade's grades begin to drop,...

Popeye

Popeye

1980

Director

5.5
Directing

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and wi...

HealtH

HealtH

1980

Director, Producer, Writer

5.2
Directing Producing Writing

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tri...

Rich Kids

Rich Kids

1979

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.

A Perfect Couple

A Perfect Couple

1979

Director, Producer, Writer

5.2
Directing Producing Writing

An uptight bachelor tries his luck with a computer dating service and gets matched up with his polar opposite.

Quintet

Quintet

1979

Director, Screenplay, Producer

5.1
Directing Writing Producing

During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not...

A Wedding

A Wedding

1978

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.3
Directing Writing Producing

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...

Remember My Name

Remember My Name

1978

Producer

6.1
Producing

Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life," but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent...

3 Women

3 Women

1977

Producer, Writer, Director

7.2
Producing Writing Directing

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

The Late Show

The Late Show

1977

Producer

6.2
Producing

Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered bro...

Welcome to L.A.

Welcome to L.A.

1976

Producer

5.0
Producing

The lives of a group of Hollywood neurotics intersect over the Christmas holidays. Foremost among them, a songwriter visits Los Angeles to work on a s...

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976

Screenstory, Director, Producer

5.4
Writing Directing Producing

Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden a...

Nashville

Nashville

1975

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Te...

California Split

California Split

1974

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum bettin...

Thieves Like Us

Thieves Like Us

1974

Director, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Writing

Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist be...

The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

1973

as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

1973

Director

7.4
Directing

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

Images

Images

1972

Director, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasingly unstable, resulting in paranoia, hallucinations...

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971

Director, Screenplay

7.2
Directing Writing

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

Brewster McCloud

Brewster McCloud

1970

Director

6.4
Directing

Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of...

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1970

Director

7.0
Directing

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

Events

Events

1970

as Bob

3.8
Acting

Sexuality without pretense gives the wallop to Events. A dramatic street story of young runaway flower-kids in the Greenwich Village of 1968, it raise...

That Cold Day in the Park

That Cold Day in the Park

1969

Director

6.7
Directing

Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. ...

Countdown

Countdown

1967

Director

5.8
Directing

Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar she...

The Happening

The Happening

1967

Second Unit Director

6.2
Directing

A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. How...

The Kathryn Reed Story

The Kathryn Reed Story

1965

as Himself

Acting

Robert Altman recounts the life of his wife Kathryn Reed, using the format of a documentary, with funny reenactments played by Reed's friends and fami...

The Kathryn Reed Story

The Kathryn Reed Story

1965

Director

Directing

Robert Altman recounts the life of his wife Kathryn Reed, using the format of a documentary, with funny reenactments played by Reed's friends and fami...

Pot au feu

Pot au feu

1964

Director

Directing

Short humorous snippets of marijuana use.

Nightmare in Chicago

Nightmare in Chicago

1964

Director, Producer

4.3
Directing Producing

The story of a serial killer known as "Georgie Porgie." The Chicago turnpike is threatened over a three-day period as the police try to catch him by b...

The Party

The Party

1963

Director

Directing

A "home movie" by Robert Altman shot at his house in Mandeville Canyon.

The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley

The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley

1963

Director

9.0
Directing

20 years after a Second World War court-martial, a vet pulls a gun on the ruthless attorney who defended him, when the cynical mouthpiece, who doesn't...

The James Dean Story

The James Dean Story

1957

Director, Editor, Producer

5.3
Directing Producing

Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews w...

The Delinquents

The Delinquents

1957

Director, Writer, Producer

5.0
Directing Writing Producing

A clean-cut teenager ends up joining a neighborhood gang when the father of the girl he likes refuses to allow his daughter to date him because she is...

Corn's-a-Poppin'

Corn's-a-Poppin'

1956

Writer

Writing

A popcorn company hopes to boost sales with a live TV program featuring Western swing music, but the hustler hired to assemble the production is secre...

The Magic Bond

1956

Director

Directing

The Veterans of Foreign Wars as a fraternal and social organization, with emphasis on their projects that benefit community life and cohesion.

The Model's Handbook

The Model's Handbook

1956

Director

Directing

A promotional film for Ford's Model Agency, directed by Robert Altman, as a potential television pilot.

The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime

1955

Writer, Director

8.0
Writing Directing

In this short National Safety Council film, the perfect crime is presented as excess speed. Accidents at high speed often results in deaths and are ra...

The Dirty Look

The Dirty Look

1954

Director

5.0
Directing

The Dirty Look is a 1954 comedy-short film, directed by Robert Altman, with Leonard Belove and William Frawley. Duration 24 minutes. This 1954 film wa...

The Sound of Bells

The Sound of Bells

1952

Director

5.0
Directing

1952 Robert Altman short film

Modern Football

Modern Football

1951

Director

4.3
Directing

Robert Altman's first film was this 26-minute short, which has a football coach explaining how to play the sport. This is basically an educational sho...

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

1948

Story

6.0
Writing

A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

as Man Drinking (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream b...

24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville

N/A

as Himself

Acting

NEW! 24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville (1080p, 15:56): Exploring the script's complexity, story development, characters, cast and performances, sto...