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Also Known As Richard Stuart Linklater
Born July 30, 1960 (age 64) • Houston • Texas
Awards And Honors Golden Globe Award (2015)
Notable Works “A Scanner Darkly” • “Bad News Bears” • “Before Midnight” • “Before Sunrise” • “Before Sunset” • “Bernie” • “Boyhood” • “Dazed and Confused” • “Everybody Wants Some!!” • “Fast Food Nation” • “Hit Man” • “It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books” • “Last Flag Flying” • “School of Rock” • “Slacker” • “Tape” • “Waking Life” • “Where’d You Go, Bernadette”

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