Robert Altman

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) and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Works

Endless Love

As their romance unfolds, Jade and David's growing love for one another becomes the scorn of Jade's father. However, when Jade's grades begin to drop, her father forbids the young couple from seeing each other for 30 days. Driven insane with frustration and desire, David attempts to reverse the decision, with catastrophic results.

Release Date1981-07-17

Charactersd Hotel Manager

Vote Count231

The Long Goodbye

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

Release Date1973-03-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Vote Count696

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

Release Date1947-09-01

Charactersd Man Drinking (uncredited)

Vote Count129

Daedalus

"Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breathe." Shot in just seven consecutive days during the summer of 2023, it concludes the first volume of Bliss, a playlist of sounds and shapes. Daedalus delves into the perilous dance between striving for something and the suffocating pull of stagnancy. This chaotic structure bridges the warnings and epiphanic thoughts of 20th-century thinkers with the lives of today's dreamers.

Release Date2024-07-17

Charactersd Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

Vote Count1

The Kathryn Reed Story

Robert Altman recounts the life of his wife Kathryn Reed, using the format of a documentary, with funny reenactments played by Reed's friends and family.

Release Date1965-09-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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Events

Sexuality without pretense gives the wallop to Events. A dramatic street story of young runaway flower-kids in the Greenwich Village of 1968, it raises ethical questions while the screen explodes with erotica."EVENTS is without question, the most far-out sexually experimental film made in the sixties or seventies."--Bruce Williamson, Playboy

Release Date1970-01-01

Charactersd Bob

Vote Count6

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

Release Date1982-10-09

Charactersd Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)

Vote Count7

Robert Altman in England

Robert Altman interviewed during the making of GOSFORD PARK (2001), as well as members of the cast and crew. Also, revealing behind the scenes footage and information about his career leading up to this feature.

Release Date2002-02-03

Charactersd Himself

24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville

NEW! 24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville (1080p, 15:56): Exploring the script's complexity, story development, characters, cast and performances, stories from the shoot, and more.

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The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

Release Date1968-06-06

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Episode Count2

Vote Count22

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

Release Date1993-11-14

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date1953-03-19

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Episode Count2

Vote Count74

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

Release Date1978-01-14

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

And the Oscar Goes To...

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.

Release Date2014-02-01

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count55

The Directors

Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.

Release Date1999-01-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Backstory

A provocative and in-depth look at the making of a classic movie, providing viewers with great movies. And the stories behind them.

Release Date2000-08-12

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Nothing Like a Dame

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.

Release Date2018-05-02

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count57

History vs. Hollywood

History vs. Hollywood is a television show on the History Channel in the United States. On the show, experts are interviewed on the historical accuracy of a film that is based on a historical event. For example the movie The Last Samurai was featured in one episode in which military historian Geoffrey Wawro, professor of history at the University of North Texas, and director of the university's Barsanti center for military-history, compared the movie with the actual events. On the show the expert guests discuss the factual accuracy of the film as well as the everyday objects that a person of the particular time period would have seen. In some episodes an expert or the host will go on a journey to the actual historical sites depicted in the film, or interview someone who witnessed the event firsthand. In each of the more than dozen episodes both expert guests and filmmakers will discuss the historical accuracy of the film dramatized. The series was first released in 1999, and had been produced on a semi-regular basis continuing through at least 2005. The program was conceived and created by producer Steven Jack who also directed a majority of the episodes. Although the hour long programs were made for television most episodes were shot on 35mm film which heightened its authentic looking recreations and aided in earning critical praise for its efforts to both entertain and educate.

Release Date2001-01-22

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Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Altman

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but also on the western zeitgeist. With its use of rare interviews, representative film clips, archival images, and musings from his family and most recognizable collaborators, Altman is a dynamic and heartfelt mediation on an artist whose expression, passion and appetite knew few bounds.

Release Date2014-08-01

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count35

Hollywood Mavericks

A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic directors profiled are D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges up until more current filmmakers like David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese..

Release Date1990-09-07

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Vote Count2

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

A behind the scenes look at the making of the movie M*A*S*H. The documentary reveals all of the chaos, politics, and conflict that was going on behind the scenes during production of the movie through new interviews done with director Robert Altman as well as Richard Zanuck, who was head of production for 20th Century Fox at the time, and others.

Release Date2000-01-08

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Vote Count5

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.

Release Date1995-06-05

Charactersd Self

Vote Count7

Frank Capra's American Dream

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Release Date1997-01-01

Charactersd Self

Vote Count6

Robert Altman's Players

Behind-the-scenes documentary about a fundraiser which was staged for Robert Altman's film "The Player" (1992).

Release Date1992-01-01

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Vote Count2

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate some of their experiences with making the film, as well as giving their views on all the work that went into it.

Release Date2002-06-18

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Vote Count2

A Decade Under the Influence

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.

Release Date2003-04-25

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Vote Count40

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

This documentary is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of Alfred Hitchcock. Briefly covering much of his early British works, the film primarily focuses on his American classics, such as "Shadow of a Doubt", "Notorious", "Rear Window", "Vertigo", "Psycho" and "The Birds". The movie also covers his television years and neatly examines the Hitchcock signature touches, from his inevitable brief cameo to his famous MacGuffin.

Release Date1999-10-13

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Vote Count5

What Is Cinema?

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

Release Date2013-09-06

Charactersd Self

Vote Count21

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.

Release Date2005-09-03

Charactersd Self

Vote Count9

Altman on His Own Terms

A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. The genius director who shook the cinema industry with countless films examines some of his most important works, along with friends and regular collaborators.

Release Date2000-01-01

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Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

Release Date1993-03-26

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.

Release Date2004-05-16

Charactersd Self

Vote Count38

Rip Van Marlowe

Interviews with Robert Altman and Elliott Gould about The Long Goodbye (1973)

Release Date2002-01-01

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

Made in the USA

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

Release Date1993-09-25

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Looking for Sophia

Looking for Sophia is a documentary about Loren's remarkable life and career, featuring rare newsreel footage, highlights from her films, and insights from her friends and colleagues.

Release Date2004-09-17

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

Paul Joyce’s documentary profile of Robert Altman, with contributions from Altman, Elliott Gould, Shelley Duvall, assistant director Alan Rudolph and screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury. Originally broadcast on July 17th 1996 in Channel Four’s Cinefile series.

Release Date1996-07-17

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Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

Behind-the-scenes footage, rare screen tests and insightful interviews highlight this engrossing two-hour look at one of Hollywood's greatest dream factories. Such film luminaries as Tom Hanks, William Friedkin, George Lucas, Oliver Stone and Robert Altman discuss their work at the studio. Clips include scenes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, Young Frankenstein, Star Wars, Alien, Big, Home Alone, Die Hard and dozens more.

Release Date2003-11-15

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

On the Set: Loews Theater

A behind the scenes look at the shooting of a scene for Tanner on Tanner.

Release Date2004-11-23

Charactersd Self

Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans

A look at the making of Popeye(1980) featuring interviews with Robert Altman, Stephen Altman, and Robin Williams

Release Date2020-12-01

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'

Interview with director Robert Altman about "Rashomon."

Release Date2002-03-26

Charactersd Self

Imagining Images

A made for DVD extras documentary about the making of Robert Altman’s film Images.

Release Date2003-09-16

Charactersd Self

On the Set: Alex’s Loft

A behind the scenes look at the shooting of a scene for Tanner on Tanner.

Release Date2004-11-23

Charactersd Self

Fact & Fiction

A look at the blending of fact and fiction in Tanner ‘88 and Tanner on Tanner.

Release Date2004-11-23

Charactersd Self

The Politics of Docs

A look at the subjects of Tanner ‘88 and Tanner on Tanner.

Release Date2004-11-23

Charactersd Self

Why Tanner, Why Now?

A look at the inspiration behind Tanner on Tanner.

Release Date2004-11-23

Charactersd Self

Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau

Director Robert Altman and writer Garry Trudeau discuss their collaboration on Tanner ‘88 in a conversation recorded in June 2004.

Release Date2004-10-05

Charactersd Self

What’s Happened Since ‘88

A discussion of how the world has changed since Tanner ‘88.

Release Date2004-11-23

Charactersd Self

Saturday Night Live

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Release Date1975-10-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count457

Maverick

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

Release Date1957-09-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count39

Combat!

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.

Release Date1962-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count105

Hawaiian Eye

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.

Release Date1959-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count9

Lawman

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during 1879 and the 1880s. Warner Bros. already had several western series on the air at the time, having launched Cheyenne with Clint Walker as early as 1955. The studio continued the trend in 1957 with the additions of Maverick with James Garner and Jack Kelly, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, and Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins. One year later, Warner Bros. added Lawman and Bronco with Ty Hardin. Prior to the beginning of production, Russell and Brown and producer Jules Schermer made a pact to maintain the quality of the series so that it would not be seen as "just another western." At the start of season two, Russell and Brown were joined by Peggie Castle as Lily Merrill, the owner of the Birdcage Saloon, and a love interest for Dan.

Release Date1958-10-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.

Release Date1963-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count3

Surfside 6

Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.

Release Date1960-10-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Route 66

After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.

Release Date1960-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count17

M Squad

Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.

Release Date1957-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

The Millionaire

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.

Release Date1955-01-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Vote Count3

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.

Release Date1957-09-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

Bronco

Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.

Release Date1958-09-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Release Date1955-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count238

Whirlybirds

Whirlybirds is a syndicated American drama/adventure television series, which aired for 111 episodes — broadcast from February 4, 1957, through January 18, 1960. It was produced by Desilu Studios . The show centered around Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete (P.T.) Moore (Craig Hill), owners of 'Whirlybirds, Inc', who flew their helicopter (N975B) between Longwood Field and anywhere where they could be of help to someone in trouble.

Release Date1957-01-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count14

Vote Count5

Cain's Hundred

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.

Release Date1961-09-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

The Gallant Men

The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.

Release Date1962-10-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Bus Stop

Bus Stop

Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies. The program was adapted from William Inge's play, Bus Stop, and Inge was a script consultant for the series, which followed the lives of travelers passing through the bus station and the diner. Maxwell's co-stars were Richard Anderson as District Attorney Glenn Wagner, Rhodes Reason as Sheriff Will Mayberry, Joan Freeman as waitress Elma Gahrigner, Bernard Kates as Ralph the coroner, and Buddy Ebsen as Virge Blessing.

Release Date1961-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

The Roaring 20's

The Roaring 20's

The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.

Release Date1960-10-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Tanner '88

In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.

Release Date1988-02-15

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count12

Vote Count6

Gosford Park

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

Release Date2001-12-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1150

Popeye

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Release Date1980-12-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count652

M*A*S*H

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

Release Date1970-02-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1082

The Player

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Release Date1992-05-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count873

Short Cuts

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

Release Date1993-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count629

Gun

Gun is an American television anthology series which aired on ABC on Saturday night from April 12, to May 31, 1997 at 10:00 p.m Eastern time. The series lasted six episodes, each directed by a well-known director, before being cancelled. Each episode involves the same semi-automatic pistol as an important part of the plot. The characters each episode are completely different and appeared unrelated to those who appeared in other episodes. The series was produced by Robert Altman and attracted numerous recognizable stars including Fred Ward, Kathy Baker, Carrie Fisher, Daryl Hannah, Randy Quaid, and Martin Sheen, as well as James Gandolfini in his first television appearance. The theme song was a cover of The Beatles' "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", performed by U2.

Release Date1997-04-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count6

Vote Count4

The Gale Storm Show

The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 143 half-hour black-and-white episodes, initially on CBS and in its last year on ABC. The Gale Storm Show was co-produced by Independent Television Corporation and Hal Roach Studios. The series was aired under the title Oh, Susanna in syndication.

Release Date1956-09-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters is an American 26-segment half-hour adventure series starring Keenan Wynn as Kodiak and Bob Mathias as Frank Dugan. The show aired on NBC Television from September 11, 1959, to April 10, 1960. Based on events at international construction sites, the program was directed by Robert Altman early in his career. It was the first TV series offered by United Artists. It starred Chet Allen as Slats, Roland "Bob" Harris as Jim, Bob Fortier as Scotty, and stunt actor Carey Loftin as Skinner. Forrest Compton also appeared in two episodes as Davis.

Release Date1959-09-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Dr. T & the Women

A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other daughter’s conspiracy theories, and his secretary’s crush. Craving time for himself, he finds solace in a kind outsider.

Release Date2000-09-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count334

Prêt-à-Porter

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Release Date1994-12-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count219

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.

Release Date1976-06-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count99

A Wedding

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.

Release Date1978-08-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count51

Tanner on Tanner

Tanner on Tanner

Sixteen years ago, Jack Tanner's bid for the White House ended at the 1988 Democratic convention. Now the former congressman is the subject of a documentary film directed by his daughter Alex focusing on the toll paid by failed contenders.

Release Date2004-10-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Nashville

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.

Release Date1975-06-11

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count427

Aria

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.

Release Date1987-05-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count41

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

Release Date1971-06-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count419

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Kraft Mystery Theatre is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from June 17, 1961 to September 25, 1963. A successor to Kraft Television Theater with a change of focus away from straight drama. The high productions remained along with the ability to attract well known talent.

Release Date1961-06-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count2

The Delinquents

A clean-cut teenager ends up joining a neighborhood gang when the father of the girl he likes refuses to allow his daughter to date him because she is too young.

Release Date1957-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

3 Women

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

Release Date1977-04-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count307

Trixie

Passed over at work and numbed after she witnesses a colleague's murder, security guard Trixie Zurbo takes a relatively easy job at a lakefront casino, working undercover keeping an eye out for pickpockets. Trixie meets an assortment of colorful regulars: Kirk Stans, the casino's lounge act who drinks too much and is a dead-on mimic; Ruby Pearli , a glamorous, young and knowledgeable barfly; and Dex Lang, a raffish ladies' man who pays attention to Trixie in a way that's hard for her to ignore.

Release Date2000-06-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count21

Brewster McCloud

Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.

Release Date1970-12-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count89

The James Dean Story

Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, outtakes from East of Eden, footage of the opening night of Giant, and Dean's ironic PSA for safe driving.

Release Date1957-08-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count26

The Gingerbread Man

A successful Savannah defense attorney gets romantically involved with a sexy, mysterious waitress troubled by psychopaths and dark family secrets.

Release Date1998-01-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count164

A Prairie Home Companion

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.

Release Date2006-06-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count303

Beyond Therapy

Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and have been encouraged by their psychiatrists to find someone through the personal ads. Their first meeting is disastrous, but they begin to hit it off during their second date. However, Bruce's bisexual, live-in lover does not want to share Bruce and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep him to himself.

Release Date1987-02-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count30

Cookie's Fortune

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Release Date1999-03-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count181

Streamers

Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is gay.

Release Date1983-09-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count28

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

Release Date1994-09-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count55

Remember My Name

Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life," but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually terrorizing him and his wife.

Release Date1978-02-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count35

Images

While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasingly unstable, resulting in paranoia, hallucinations, and visions of a doppelgänger.

Release Date1972-12-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count146

The Happening

A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. However there is no one - wife, Mafia associates or mother - willing to part with the $200,000 ransom. Demonico is dismayed that no one appears unduly concerned about his fate and joins forces with the kidnappers to plot his revenge, blackmailing his once nearest and dearest into parting with $3,000,000 in hush money.

Release Date1967-05-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobSecond Unit Director

Vote Count8

Afterglow

Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife Phyllis, the four get caught in a love quadrangle that reignites their marriages.

Release Date1997-12-26

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count34

Gun

Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Release Date1997-04-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Quintet

During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.

Release Date1979-02-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count69

Thieves Like Us

Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist before going their separate ways.

Release Date1974-02-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count80

That Cold Day in the Park

Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.

Release Date1969-06-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count57

The Late Show

Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.

Release Date1977-02-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count60

Kansas City

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Release Date1996-08-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count84

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".

Release Date1988-05-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count14

California Split

Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.

Release Date1974-08-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count128

Countdown

Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year.

Release Date1967-08-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count50

Welcome to L.A.

The lives of a group of Hollywood neurotics intersect over the Christmas holidays. Foremost among them, a songwriter visits Los Angeles to work on a singer's album. The gig, unbeknownst to him, is being bankrolled by his estranged father, a dairy magnate, who hopes to reunite with his son. When the songwriter meets an eccentric housewife who fancies herself a modern-day Garbo, his world of illusions comes crashing down.

Release Date1976-11-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count20

Basements

Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Dumb Waiter and The Room – each, once again, set in a single location.

Release Date1987-05-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Secret Honor

In his New Jersey study, Richard Nixon retraces the missteps of his political career, attempting to absolve himself of responsibility for Watergate and lambasting President Gerald Ford's decision to pardon him. His monologue explores his personal life and describes his upbringing and his mother. A tape recorder, a gun and whiskey are his only companions during his entire monologue, which is tinged with the vitriol and paranoia that puzzled the public during his presidency.

Release Date1984-07-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count43

HealtH

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tricks, backroom corruption and bizarre personal behavior threaten to undermine the entire affair.

Release Date1980-09-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count17

The Company

Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.

Release Date2003-12-25

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count109

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.

Release Date1982-11-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count72

Premiere

Premiere

Release Date1968-07-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

O.C. and Stiggs

O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek revenge against the upper-middle-class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: excess.

Release Date1987-07-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count18

U.S. Marshal

United States Marshal (renamed from Sheriff of Cochise) is a crime drama set in Tuscon, Arizona about a U.S. Marshal fighting crime. After "U.S. Marshal" ended its run in 1960, both it and its predecessor series "The Sheriff of Cochise" were syndicated under the unified title "The Man from Cochise". This series was created when the title character of the 1956-58 TV series The Sheriff of Cochise (1956), a role also played by John Bromfield, accepted the position of U.S. Marshal based in Yuma, AZ.

Release Date1958-10-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Vincent & Theo

The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters written between the two.

Release Date1990-12-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count61

Rich Kids

Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.

Release Date1979-08-17

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count14

A Perfect Couple

An uptight bachelor tries his luck with a computer dating service and gets matched up with his polar opposite.

Release Date1979-04-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count16

Fool for Love

A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.

Release Date1985-12-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count45

Bodyguard

A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.

Release Date1948-09-04

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count27

Rattlesnake in a Cooler

A one act play about a young doctor who ditches his safe middle-class existence to become a cowboy out West. His cowboy fantasy eventually breaks down.

Release Date1982-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Corn's-a-Poppin'

A popcorn company hopes to boost sales with a live TV program featuring Western swing music, but the hustler hired to assemble the production is secretly in the employ of the company’s competitor, and is also trying to sabotage it.

Release Date1956-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Nightmare in Chicago

The story of a serial killer known as "Georgie Porgie." The Chicago turnpike is threatened over a three-day period as the police try to catch him by blocking the whole area.

Release Date1964-04-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Precious Blood

A one act play where a woman and a man share their life stories, till they inter stitch and conflict with each other.

Release Date1982-03-09

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count1

Jazz '34

A recreation of 1934 Kansas City jazz jam session created by Robert Altman.

Release Date1997-01-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

The Perfect Crime

In this short National Safety Council film, the perfect crime is presented as excess speed. Accidents at high speed often results in deaths and are rarely investigated like the robbery of a corner grocery shown at the beginning of the film. The film ends with a plea to support the costs of new modern roads.

Release Date1955-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Vincent & Theo

Made originally as a four-hour miniseries for television and cut back for theatrical release, Vincent & Theo is about the mysterious, near-mystical interaction between Vincent (Tim Roth) and his brother Theo (Paul Rhys). Theo, an art dealer in Paris, tried for years without success to sell Vincent's art, and died not quite six months after his brother shot himself to death in a wheat field in Auvers-sur-Oise.

Release Date1990-04-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Killer App

About battles in the computer world of Seattle.

Release Date1998-04-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Sound of Bells

1952 Robert Altman short film

Release Date1952-01-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Laundromat

Two lonely women coincide at midnight in a laundromat, where they reveal their secrets.

Release Date1985-04-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Magic Bond

The Veterans of Foreign Wars as a fraternal and social organization, with emphasis on their projects that benefit community life and cohesion.

Release Date1956-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Dirty Look

The Dirty Look is a 1954 comedy-short film, directed by Robert Altman, with Leonard Belove and William Frawley. Duration 24 minutes. This 1954 film was used by the Gulf Oil Company as a training film on keeping your Gulf Oil filling station clean.

Release Date1954-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Party

A "home movie" by Robert Altman shot at his house in Mandeville Canyon.

Release Date1963-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Black and Blue: A Musical Revue

The famous rhythm and blues revue featuring such standards as the title song, "After You've Gone" and "In a Sentimental Mood," to name just a few, and sung by R&B legends Ruth Brown, Linda Hopkins and Carrie Smith.

Release Date1993-02-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Gun: Fatal Betrayal

Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Release Date2000-01-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

Pot au feu

Short humorous snippets of marijuana use.

Release Date1964-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Model's Handbook

A promotional film for Ford's Model Agency, directed by Robert Altman, as a potential television pilot.

Release Date1956-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Modern Football

Robert Altman's first film was this 26-minute short, which has a football coach explaining how to play the sport. This is basically an educational short where the viewer learns about the various rules of the sport as the narrator explains them while we see reenactments.

Release Date1951-01-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley

20 years after a Second World War court-martial, a vet pulls a gun on the ruthless attorney who defended him, when the cynical mouthpiece, who doesn't even remember his former client, refuses to see him. So the shaken gunman recounts the story of accidentally fragging his commanding officer.

Release Date1963-12-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Omnibus

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

Release Date1952-11-09

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

On May 8th, 1945, writer, director Norman Corwin broadcast ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH, an unforgettable homage to the end of war in Europe. This film shines a light on a lost work of genius, and examines it's haunting resonance to today's current events.

Release Date2005-08-19

Vote Count6

Words in Progress

Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals.

Release Date2004-04-15

Vote Count1

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