Overview
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Robert Altman was born on February 20th, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri... more
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Profiled in "Conversations with Directors: An Anthology of Interviews... more
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Awards:
Nominated for 7 Oscars.
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49 wins
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43 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Robert B. Altman
Filmography
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Archive Footage - A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
- "Tanner on Tanner" (4 episodes, 2004)
- The Awful Truth (2004) TV episode
- Alex in Wonderland (2004) TV episode
- Boston or Bust (2004) TV episode
- Dinner at Elaine's (2004) TV episode - The Company (2003)
... aka The Company - Das Ensemble (Germany) - Gosford Park (2001)
... aka Gosford Park (Italy) - Dr T and the Women (2000)
... aka Dr. T and the Women (Germany) (USA: alternative spelling)
- Cookie's Fortune (1999)
- The Gingerbread Man (1998)
- "Gun" (1 episode, 1997)
... aka Robert Altman's Gun
- All the President's Women (1997) TV episode - Kansas City (1996)
- Jazz '34 (1996)
- Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
... aka Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear (Canada: English title)
... aka Ready to Wear - Short Cuts (1993)
- The Real McTeague (1993) (TV)
- Black and Blue (1993) (TV)
- The Player (1992)
- McTeague (1992) (TV)
- Vincent & Theo (1990)
... aka Vincent et Théo (France)
- "Tanner '88" (11 episodes, 1988)
... aka Tanner: A Political Fable
- The Reality Check (1988) TV episode
- The Boiler Room (1988) TV episode
- Something Borrowed, Something New (1988) TV episode
- The Girlfriend Factor (1988) TV episode
- The Great Escape (1988) TV episode
(6 more) - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988) (TV)
- Aria (1987) (segment "Les Boréades")
- Basements (1987) (TV)
- Beyond Therapy (1987)
- Fool for Love (1985)
- The Laundromat (1985) (TV)
- O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
- Secret Honor (1984)
... aka Lords of Treason
... aka Secret Honor: A Political Myth
... aka Secret Honor: The Last Testament of Richard M. Nixon - Streamers (1983)
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
- Rattlesnake in a Cooler (1982) (TV)
- Precious Blood (1982) (TV)
- Popeye (1980)
- HealtH (1980)
- A Perfect Couple (1979)
- Quintet (1979)
- A Wedding (1978)
- 3 Women (1977)
... aka Robert Altman's 3 Women (USA: complete title) - "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1977)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
- Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin (1977) TV episode (segment "Sissy's Roles") - Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
... aka Buffalo Bill and the Indians - Nashville (1975)
- California Split (1974)
... aka Jackpot! - Thieves Like Us (1974)
- The Long Goodbye (1973)
- Images (1972)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- Brewster McCloud (1970)
- MASH (1970)
- That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
- "Premiere" (1 episode, 1968)
- Walk in the Sky (1968) TV episode - Countdown (1968)
- "The Long, Hot Summer" (1 episode, 1965)
- The Long Hot Summer (1965) TV episode - Pot au feu (1965)
- The Katherine Reed Story (1965)
- Nightmare in Chicago (1964) (TV)
... aka Once Upon a Savage Night - "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
... aka Crisis (USA: syndication title)
... aka Suspense Theatre (USA: syndication title)
- Once Upon a Savage Night (1964) TV episode
- The Hunt (1963) TV episode (uncredited)
- The Long, Lost Life of Edward Smalley (1963) TV episode - "Combat!" (10 episodes, 1962-1963)
- Survival (1963) TV episode
- Off Limits (1963) TV episode
- The Volunteer (1963) TV episode
- The Prisoner (1962) TV episode
- I Swear by Apollo (1962) TV episode
(5 more) - "The Gallant Men" (1 episode, 1962)
- Pilot (1962) TV episode - "Kraft Mystery Theater" (3 episodes, 1962)
- Sound of Murder (1962) TV episode
- Death of a Dream (1962) TV episode
- In Close Pursuit (1962) TV episode - "Bus Stop" (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
- County General (1962) TV episode
- Door Without a Key (1962) TV episode
- Summer Lightning (1962) TV episode
- ...And the Pursuit of Evil (1961) TV episode
- A Lion Walks Among Us (1961) TV episode
(3 more) - "Route 66" (1 episode, 1961)
- Some of the People, Some of the Time (1961) TV episode - "Bonanza" (8 episodes, 1960-1961)
... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
- The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch (1961) TV episode
- Sam Hill (1961) TV episode
- The Dream Riders (1961) TV episode
- The Secret (1961) TV episode
- The Rival (1961) TV episode
(3 more) - "The Roaring 20's" (9 episodes, 1960-1961)
- Standing Room Only (1961) TV episode
- Royal Tour (1961) TV episode
- Right Off the Boat: Part 2 (1961) TV episode
- Right Off the Boat: Part 1 (1961) TV episode
- Two a Day (1961) TV episode
(4 more) - "Surfside 6" (1 episode, 1961)
- Thieves Among Honor (1961) TV episode - "Lawman" (1 episode, 1961)
... aka The Lawman (USA: alternative title)
- The Robbery (1961) TV episode - "Maverick" (1 episode, 1960)
- Bolt from the Blue (1960) TV episode - "Bronco" (1 episode, 1960)
- The Mustangers (1960) TV episode - "Troubleshooters" (14 episodes, 1959-1960)
- The Carnival (1960) TV episode
- No Stone Unturned (1960) TV episode
- Fire in the Hole (1960) TV episode
- Senorita (1960) TV episode
- The Town That Wouldn't Die (1960) TV episode
(9 more) - "U.S. Marshal" (8 episodes, 1959-1960)
- Backfire (1960) TV episode
- Shortcut to Hell (1960) TV episode
- The Triple Cross (1960) TV episode
- The Tarnished Star (1959) TV episode
- Anything for a Friend (1959) TV episode
(3 more) - "The Gale Storm Show" (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Oh! Susanna
- It's Magic (1960) TV episode - "Sugarfoot" (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
... aka Tenderfoot (UK)
- The Highbinder (1960) TV episode
- Apollo with a Gun (1959) TV episode - "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Desilu Playhouse
- The Sound of Murder (1960) TV episode
- "The Millionaire" (11 episodes, 1958-1959)
... aka If You Had a Million
- Millionaire Timothy Mackail (1959) TV episode
- Millionaire Jackson Greene (1959) TV episode
- Millionaire Andrew C. Cooley (1959) TV episode
- Millionaire Sergeant Matthew Brogan (1959) TV episode
- Millionaire Maureen Reynolds (1959) TV episode
(6 more) - "Hawaiian Eye" (1 episode, 1959)
- Three Tickets to Lani (1959) TV episode - "Whirlybirds" (19 episodes, 1958-1959)
... aka Copter Patrol (USA: syndication title)
- The Big Lie (1959) TV episode
- The Challenge (1959) TV episode
- Experiment X-74 (1959) TV episode
- Guilty of Old Age (1959) TV episode
- A Matter of Trust (1959) TV episode
(14 more) - "M Squad" (1 episode, 1958)
- Lover's Lane Killing (1958) TV episode - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
- Together (1958) TV episode
- The Young One (1957) TV episode - The James Dean Story (1957)
- The Delinquents (1957)
- The Magic Bond (1956)
- The Perfect Crime (1955)
- The Builders (1954)
- The Dirty Look (1954)
- Better Football (1954)
- Corn's-A-Poppin' (1954) (co-director)
- The Last Mile (1953)
- How to Run a Filling Station (1953)
- "The Pulse of the City" (1 episode, 1953)
- The Case of Capt. Denning (1953) TV episode - King Basketball (1952)
- The Sound of Bells (1952)
- Modern Football (1951)
- Gosford Park (2001) (idea)
... aka Gosford Park (Italy)
- Kansas City (1996) (written by)
- Prêt-à-Porter (1994) (written by)
... aka Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear (Canada: English title)
... aka Ready to Wear - Short Cuts (1993) (screenplay)
- The Real McTeague (1993) (TV) (libretto)
- McTeague (1992) (TV) (libretto)
- Aria (1987) (segment "Les Boréades")
- Beyond Therapy (1987) (screenplay)
- HealtH (1980) (written by)
- A Perfect Couple (1979) (written by)
- Quintet (1979) (screenplay) (story)
- A Wedding (1978) (screenplay) (story)
- 3 Women (1977) (written by)
... aka Robert Altman's 3 Women (USA: complete title) - Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) (screen story and screenplay)
... aka Buffalo Bill and the Indians - Thieves Like Us (1974) (screenplay)
- Images (1972) (written by)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) (screenplay)
- "Premiere" (1 episode, 1968)
- Walk in the Sky (1968) TV episode (story) - "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (2 episodes, 1963)
... aka Crisis (USA: syndication title)
... aka Suspense Theatre (USA: syndication title)
- The Hunt (1963) TV episode (story)
- The Long, Lost Life of Edward Smalley (1963) TV episode (story) - "Combat!" (1 episode, 1962)
- Cat and Mouse (1962) TV episode (written by) - "Bus Stop" (1 episode, 1962)
- Door Without a Key (1962) TV episode (story) - "Maverick" (1 episode, 1960)
- Bolt from the Blue (1960) TV episode (writer)
- "The Millionaire" (4 episodes, 1959)
... aka If You Had a Million
- Millionaire Andrew C. Cooley (1959) TV episode (writer)
- Millionaire Lorraine Daggett (1959) TV episode (story)
- Millionaire Henry Banning (1959) TV episode (writer)
- Millionaire Alicia Osante (1959) TV episode (writer) - "Troubleshooters" (1 episode, 1959)
- Gino (1959) TV episode (writer) - The Delinquents (1957) (writer)
- The Magic Bond (1956) (writer)
- The Perfect Crime (1955) (writer)
- The Builders (1954) (writer)
- The Dirty Look (1954) (writer)
- Better Football (1954) (writer)
- Corn's-A-Poppin' (1954) (writer)
- The Last Mile (1953) (writer)
- How to Run a Filling Station (1953) (writer)
- "The Pulse of the City" (1 episode, 1953)
- The Case of Capt. Denning (1953) TV episode (writer) - King Basketball (1952) (writer)
- The Sound of Bells (1952) (writer)
- Modern Football (1951) (writer)
- Honeymoon for Harriet (1950) (writer)
- Bodyguard (1948) (story) (as Robert B. Altman)
- Christmas Eve (1947) (uncredited)
... aka Sinner's Holiday (USA: reissue title)
- Gosford Park (2001) (lyrics: "The Way It's Meant to Be" (2001))
... aka Gosford Park (Italy)
- Nashville (1975) (music: "The Day I Looked Jesus in the Eye") (lyrics: "The Day I Looked Jesus in the Eye")
- "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- The Making of 'A Prairie Home Companion' (2006) TV episode .... Himself - The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) (TV) .... Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
- "Biography" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2002-2004)
- Richard Gere (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Julianne Moore: Seeing Red (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Tim Robbins: Playing from the Heart (2002) TV episode .... Himself - Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Director
- "+ de cinéma" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
- Episode dated 20 March 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Himself - A Salute to Robert Altman, an American Maverick (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- "Omnibus" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
- Robert Altman in England (2002) TV episode .... Himself - Still Cher (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- "Anatomy of a Scene" .... Himself (1 episode)
- Gosford Park (????) TV episode .... Himself - "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode, 2001)
- The Films of Robert Altman (2001) TV episode .... Himself - The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- "History vs. Hollywood" .... Himself - Director (1 episode, 2001)
... aka History Through the Lens (USA: syndication title)
- M*A*S*H: Comedy Under Fire (2001) TV episode .... Himself - Director - "Backstory" .... Himself - Director (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Hollywood Backstories (USA: syndication title)
- M*A*S*H (2000) TV episode .... Himself - Director - Altman on His Own Terms (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Dial H Hitchcock: The Genius Behind the Showman
... aka Dial H for Hitchcock (Canada: English title) - Where Music Meets Film: Live from Sundance (1999) (TV) .... Himself
- Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) (TV) .... Himself
- The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Director
- The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Director
- "The Charlie Rose Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1993)
... aka Charlie Rose (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 5 January 1993 (1993) TV episode .... Himself - "Intimate Portrait" .... Himself (1 episode)
- Lee Grant (????) TV episode .... Himself - "Días de cine" .... Himself (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode dated 6 December 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Himself - "The South Bank Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1990)
- Robert Altman (1990) TV episode .... Himself
- "Signature" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1981)
- Robert Altman (1981) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
- "The Dick Cavett Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
- Episode dated 21 January 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1947-1953) Directed industrial documentaries for Harvesters, Caterpillar Tractors, Gulf Oil. A spot for Catholic Bishop's Fund
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Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies | 16 Print Biographies | 21 Interviews | 36 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo
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