Richard Linklater
22 credits on file—22 films, spanning 1990–2025.
72
Average MEANRANK
across 22 scored credits
across 22 scored credits
22
Credits
in the catalogue
in the catalogue
35
Years active
1990–2025
1990–2025
Also credited for acting (7), writing (16).
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On record for their credited titles
Oscars
5 nominations
Golden Globes
1 won
+ 1 nomination
BAFTAs
1 won
+ 1 nomination
Cannes
1 nomination
- Won Golden Globe · Best Director Boyhood · 2015
- Won BAFTA · Best Direction Boyhood · 2015
- Nominated Oscar · Best Director Boyhood · 2015
- Nominated Oscar · Best Original Screenplay Boyhood · 2015
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture Boyhood · 2015
- Nominated Oscar · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Before Midnight · 2014
- Nominated Oscar · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Before Sunset · 2005
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Screenplay Boyhood · 2015
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Original Screenplay Boyhood · 2015
- Nominated Cannes · Palme d'Or Nouvelle Vague · 2025
32
Wins
33
Nominations
65 awards — Richard Linklater
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Nouvelle Vague · 2026 | Winner |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Hit Man · 2025 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
77th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Before Sunset · 2005 | Nominee |
86th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Before Midnight · 2014 | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | Nouvelle Vague · 2025 | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Austin Film | Blue Moon · 2025 | Winner |
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
| Austin Film Award | Where'd You Go, Bernadette · 2020 | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Direction | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2014 | Nominee |
Denver Film Critics Society
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2014 | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
2 nominations, 1 won
| Director of the Year | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
| Screenwriter of the Year | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2014 | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2014 | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
Dublin Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
Lumière Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Nouvelle Vague · 2026 | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
SCAD Savannah Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Lifetime Achievement in Screenwriting Award | Hit Man · 2024 | Winner |
San Francisco International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Founder’s Directing Award | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
Seattle International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Winner |
AACTA International Awards
2 nominations
| Best Direction | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2014 | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2014 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Boyhood · 2014 | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2 nominations
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Astra Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Hit Man · 2024 | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Boyhood · 2015 | Nominee |
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Hit Man · 2025 | Nominee |
All credits
B
71
Blue Moon
B
77
Nouvelle Vague
B
71
Hit Man
B
77
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
C
63
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
C
69
Last Flag Flying
B
70
Everybody Wants Some!!
A
81
Boyhood
A
82
Before Midnight
B
72
Bernie
B
70
A Scanner Darkly
D
56
Fast Food Nation
D
54
Bad News Bears
A
84
Before Sunset
B
74
School of Rock
B
72
Tape
B
78
Waking Life
D
57
The Newton Boys
C
67
SubUrbia
A
84
Before Sunrise
B
77
Dazed and Confused
B
73
Slacker