Directing
Robert Altman
Feb 20, 1925 (died Nov 20, 2006, aged 81) Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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), "The Long Goodbye" (1973), and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Known for
7.5
Bonanza
Director
6.8
Gosford Park
Director, Producer, Idea
6.9
M*A*S*H
Director
7.2
The Player
Director
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director
7.4
The Long Goodbye
Director
7.9
Combat!
Director
5.6
Popeye
Director
5.4
Dr. T & the Women
Director, Producer
7.2
Short Cuts
Director, Screenplay
7.0
Maverick
Director
7.2
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Director, Screenplay
7.3
Nashville
Director, Producer
7.1
3 Women
Director, Writer, Producer
6.3
A Prairie Home Companion
Director, Producer
Filmography
6.9
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)
10.0
Daedalus
2024 · Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self (archive footage)
6.6
Altman
2014 · Self (archive footage)
6.4
What Is Cinema?
2013 · Self
6.3
A Prairie Home Companion
2006 · Director, Producer
6.7
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 · Self
6.4
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005 · Self
7.1
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 · Self
5.5
Words in Progress
2004
6.0
Looking for Sophia
2004 · Self
10.0
Tanner on Tanner
2004 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
7.1
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
6.5
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003 · Self
5.3
The Company
2003 · Director, Producer
5.3
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self
6.7
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
6.0
Rip Van Marlowe
2002 · Self
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'
2002 · Self
8.0
History vs. Hollywood
2001 · Self
6.8
Gosford Park
2001 · Director, Producer, Idea
7.7
Backstory
2000 · Self
9.0
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 · Self
5.4
Dr. T & the Women
2000 · Director, Producer
4.8
Trixie
2000 · Producer
Gun: Fatal Betrayal
2000 · Producer
6.1
The Directors
1999 · Self
8.5
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999 · Self
6.4
Cookie's Fortune
1999 · Director, Producer