Robert altman

Robert Altman in 1992.

Robert Bernard Altman (Kansas City, Missouri, February 20, 1925-Los Angeles, California, November 20, 2006) was an American film director, winner of the honorary Academy Award and the Golden Globe for the film Gosford Park.

Biography

Youth and beginnings in the cinema

Altman was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Bernard Clement Altman and Helen Mathews. Of German, English, and Irish descent, his paternal grandfather, Frank Altman, Sr., changed the family name from "Altmann" to "Altmann." to "Altman". Altman had a strict Catholic upbringing. He attended St. Peter's School, then Rockhurst High School and Southwest High School in Kansas City, and was sent to Wentworth Military Academy outside Lexington, Missouri, where he spent his first years of college. In 1943, at the age of 18, Altman entered the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) where he co-piloted a B-24 bomber during World War II. It was during this time that Altman saw the first lights of Hollywood and fell in love with it. Upon his retirement in 1947, Altman moved to Los Angeles, California, and pursued a career as an actor, writer, and director.

After several failures as a film director and dedicating himself to directing television series, in series such as Bonanza or Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he found success thanks to the film M*A*S*H (1970), a satire on the Korean War that won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. From there he developed an upward career that, albeit with ups and downs, made him one of the most original American directors of the second half of the century XX. His use of the continuous movement of cameras and choral cinema are benchmarks and have created a school.

Altman passed away on the night of November 20, 2006 at the age of 81 in a Los Angeles hospital. The cause of his death was due to complications from a cancer he suffered from.

Filmography

• The Delinquents, The James Dean Story1957
• Countdown (Countdown), 1968
• That Cold Day in the Park1969
• M*A*S*H, 1970
• Brewster McCloud (Flowing is for birds)1970
• McCabe ' Mrs. Miller, 1971
• Images, 1972
• The Long Bye Good.1973
• Thieves Like Us, 1974
• California Split1974
• Nashville1975
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians (Buffalo Bill and the Indians)1976
• 3 Women (Three Women), 1977
• A Wedding (A Wedding Day)1978
• A Perfect Couple (A perfect couple... by computer)1979
• HEALTH (Health)1979
• Quintet1979
• Popeye1980
• Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Go back to the chin shop, Jimmy Dean)1982
• Streamers (Deshechos)1983
• Secret Honor1984
• Fool for Love1985
• Beyond Therapy, 1987
• O.C. and the Stiggs, 1987
• Vincent and Theo1990
• The Player1992
• Short Cuts (Vidas crudas)1993.
• Prêt-à-Porter1994
• Kansas City1996
• The Gingerbread Man (Conflict of Interest)1998
• Cookie's Fortune1999
• Dr. T and women2000
• Gosford Park2001
• The Company, 2003
• A Prairie Home Companion2006

Awards and distinctions

Oscar Awards

Golden Globe Awards

BAFTA Awards

Cannes International Film Festival

Venice International Film Festival