
Director and writer Richard Linklater is the filmmaker responsible for such films as
Dazed and Confused (1993);
Before Sunrise (1995),
Before Sunset (2004); and
Boyhood (2014), which won multiple BAFTA and Golden Globe Awards, and an Academy Award. He also directed such diverse films as the Western/gangster picture,
The Newton Boys (1998); animated feature
Waking Life (2001); real-time drama
Tape (2001); hit comedy
School of Rock (2003); and, most recently,
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016). Other film credits include
Slacker (1991),
Suburbia (1997),
Bad News Bears (2005),
A Scanner Darkly (2006),
Fast Food Nation (2006),
Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach (2008),
Me and Orson Welles (2009),
Bernie (2012), and
Before Midnight (2013). Linklater serves as the artistic director for the Austin Film Society, which he founded in 1985. Now one of the nation’s top film organizations, the Austin Film Society shows hundreds of films a year, operates educational programs, and since 1996, has given out more than $1.5 million in grants to Texas filmmakers.