Richard Linklater (2012)

Filmmaker

air date: May 3, 2012

Richard Linklater is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker. Linklater talks with Evan about “Bernie,” starring Jack Black.

Richard Linklater is best known for his films “Dazed and Confused,” “Boyhood,” “Slacker” and “Everybody Wants Some.” Linklater is the Artistic Director and founder of the Austin Film Society. He has won a Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice Movie Awards and BAFTAs for Best Director and Best Picture.

• Audience Q&A
• Why he wanted to make Bernie
• East Texas as a character in Bernie
• Making independent and studio films
• Making Slacker and the realities of funding a film today

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