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Robert Altman

Born Robert Bernard Altman
February 20, 1925(1925-02-20)
Kansas City, Missouri USA
Died November 20, 2006 (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California USA
Occupation Film director
Years active 1947-2006
Spouse(s) LaVonne Elmer (1946-1951)
Lotus Corelli (1954-1957)
Kathryn Reed (1959-2006)

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His films MASH and Nashville have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. See also M*A*S*H (TV series, M*A*S*H MASH is a American satirical Dark comedy Film directed by Robert Altman Nashville is a 1975 American Drama film directed by Robert Altman. The National Film Registry is the registry of Films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of

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Biography

Early life and career

Altman was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of wealthy insurance man/gambler Bernard Clement Altman, who came from an upper-class family, and Helen Mathews, a Mayflower descendant from Nebraska. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Is a concept in Sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a Social hierarchy. The Mayflower was the famous Ship that transported the English Separatists better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton, England Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Altman's ancestry was German, English and Irish;[1][2] his paternal grandfather, Frank Altman, Sr. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate , changed the family name from "Altmann" to "Altman". [2] Altman had a strong Catholic upbringing. [3] He attended St. Peter's School for elementary school. He later attended high school at Rockhurst High School and Southwest High School in Kansas City, and was then sent to Wentworth Military Academy and Junior College in nearby Lexington, Missouri, where he graduated from high school and junior college. Rockhurst High School (usually referred to simply as Rockhurst) is a private Roman Catholic, Jesuit, preparatory school for boys located in Wentworth Military Academy and College is a private four-year College preparatory High school and Military junior college. Lexington is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. In 1943, at the age of 18, Altman joined the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and flew as a co-pilot on B-24 bombers during World War II. The United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF) was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including It was while training for the Army Air Corps in California that Altman had first seen the bright lights of Hollywood and became enamored of it. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Classical Hollywood cinema or the classical Hollywood narrative, are terms used in film history which designates both a visual and sound style for making motion pictures Upon his discharge in 1946, Altman began living in Los Angeles and tried out acting, writing and directing. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Altman tried acting briefly, appearing in a nightclub scene as an extra in the Danny Kaye vehicle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Danny Kaye ( January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987) was an American award-winning Actor, Singer and Comedian The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939 is a short story by James Thurber. He then wrote a vague storyline (uncredited) for the United Artists picture Christmas Eve, and sold to RKO the script for the 1948 motion picture Bodyguard, which he co-wrote with Richard Fleischer. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Christmas themes have long been an inspiration to artists writers and weavers of folklore Richard O Fleischer ( December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American Film director. This sudden success encouraged Altman to move to the New York area and forge a career as a writer. The City of New York There, Altman found a collaborator in George W. George, with whom he wrote numerous published and unpublished screenplays, musicals, novels, and magazine articles. George W George ( February 8, 1920 &ndash November 7, 2007) was an American Theater, Broadway and Film Altman was not as successful this trip, but back in Hollywood, he tried out one more big money-making scheme. His pet care company soon went bankrupt, and in 1949 Altman returned to his friends and family in Kansas City, broke and hungry for action, and itching for a second chance to get into movies.

Industrial film experience

To get experience as a filmmaker, in the absence of film schools, Altman joined the Calvin Company, the world's largest industrial film production company and 16mm film laboratory, headquartered in Kansas City. The Calvin Company was a Kansas City Missouri -based educational and industrial film production company that for nearly half a century was the largest and most successful film Sponsored film, or ephemeral film, as defined by film archivist Rick Prelinger, is film made by a particular sponsor for a specific purpose other than as a work of Altman, fascinated by the company and their equipment, started as a film writer, and within a few months began to direct films. This led to his employment at the Calvin Company as a film director for almost six years. Until 1956, Altman directed 60 to 65 industrial short films, earning $250 a month while simultaneously getting the necessary training and experience that he would need for a successful career in filmmaking. The ability to shoot rapidly on schedule and to work within the confines of both big and low budgets would serve him well later in his career. On the technical side, he learned all about "the tools of filmmaking": the camera, the boom mic, the lights, etc.

However, Altman soon tired of the industrial film format and sought more challenging projects. He occasionally went to Hollywood and tried to write scripts, but then returned months later, broke, to the Calvin Company. According to Altman, the Calvin people dropped him another notch in salary each time. The third time, the Calvin people declared at a staff meeting that if he left and came back one more time, they were not going to keep him.

First feature film

In 1956 Altman left the Calvin Company. He was soon hired by Elmer Rhoden Jr. , a local Kansas City movie theater exhibitor, to write and direct a low-budget exploitation film on juvenile crime, titled The Delinquents, which would become his first feature film. Exploitation film is a type of film that eschews the expense of quality productions in favor of making films inexpensively attracting viewers by exciting their more prurient interests The Delinquents is also a 1989 movie starring Kylie Minogue The Delinquents is a 1957 motion picture which Altman wrote the script in one week and filmed it with a budget of $63,000 on location in Kansas City in two weeks. Rhoden wanted the film to kick-start his career as a film producer. Altman wanted the film to be his ticket into the elusive Hollywood circles. The cast was made up of the local actors and actresses from community theater who also appeared in Calvin Company films, Altman family members, and three imported actors from Hollywood, including the future Billy Jack, Tom Laughlin. This article is about the 1971 film For the wrestler of a similar name see Billy Jack Haynes. Tom Laughlin (born August 10, 1931) is an American Actor, director, Screenwriter, The crew was made up of Altman's former Calvin colleagues and friends with whom Altman planned to make his grand "Kansas City escape. " In 1956, Altman and his assistant director Reza Badiyi left Kansas City for good to edit The Delinquents in Hollywood. Reza Badiyi was born in Tehran, Iran on April 17 1930. He is the father of Mina Badie and the stepfather of Jennifer Jason Leigh The film was picked up for distribution for $150,000 by United Artists and released in 1957, grossing nearly $1,000,000.

Television work

The Delinquents was no runaway success, but it did catch the eye of Alfred Hitchcock, who was impressed and asked Altman to direct a few episodes of his Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an Anthology Television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. From 1958 to 1964, Altman directed numerous episodes of television series, including Combat!, Bonanza, Whirlybirds and Route 66, and wrote and directed a 1961 episode of Maverick about a lynching called "Bolt From the Blue" featuring Roger Moore. The year 1958 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1958. The year 1964 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1964. Combat! is an American Television program that aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967 Bonanza is an American television series that ran on NBC from September 12 1959 to January 16 1973 Whirlybirds (sometimes called "The Whirlybirds" was a U Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America Maverick is a Comedy - western television series created by Roy Huggins that ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8 Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English Actor. One 1961 episode (titled "A Lion Walks Among Us") of Bus Stop which he directed was so controversial, due to an ending in which a sadistic murderer (played by teen idol pop star Fabian) is not apprehended or even punished for his crime, that Congressional hearings were held, and the show was cancelled at the end of the season. ‎ Teen idols refers to someone idolized by teens a teen idol is often young but in many cases no longer teenaged

Altman co-composed the hit single "Black Sheep" by country music recording artist John Anderson. John Anderson (born December 13, 1954 in Apopka Florida) is an American Country music artist who began his career in 1977 with the single "I've

Mainstream success

Altman then struggled for several years after quarreling with Jack Warner, and it was during this time that he first formed his "anti-Hollywood" opinions and entered a new stage of filmmaking. This article is about Jack Warner the head of Warner Brothers He did a few more feature films without any success, until 1969 when he was offered the script for MASH, which had previously been rejected by dozens of other directors. See also M*A*S*H (TV series, M*A*S*H MASH is a American satirical Dark comedy Film directed by Robert Altman Altman directed the film, and it was a huge success, both with critics and at the box office. It was given the Grand Prix for the Best Film at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, It was Altman's highest grossing film. Altman's career took firm hold with the success of MASH, and he followed it with other critical breakthroughs such as McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), The Long Goodbye (1974), Thieves Like Us (1974) and Nashville (1975), which made the distinctive, experimental "Altman style" well known. McCabe & Mrs Miller is a 1971 Western Motion picture by director Robert Altman. The Long Goodbye ( 1973) is a film adaptation of Raymond Chandler 's novel The Long Goodbye. Thieves Like Us is a 1974 film directed by Robert Altman and starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall. Nashville is a 1975 American Drama film directed by Robert Altman.

As a director, Altman favored stories showing the interrelationships between several characters; he stated that he was more interested in character motivation than in intricate plots. Mythos (Aristotle In literature the plot comprises all the events in a story particularly rendered towards the achievement of some particular Artistic or Emotional As such, he tended to sketch out only a basic plot for the film, referring to the screenplay as a "blueprint" for action, and allowed his actors to improvise dialogue. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television This is one of the reasons Altman was known as an "actor's director", a reputation that helped him work with large casts of well-known actors.

He frequently allowed the characters to talk over each other in such a way that it is difficult to make out what each of them is saying. He noted on the DVD commentary of McCabe & Mrs. Miller that he lets the dialogue overlap, as well as leaving some things in the plot for the audience to infer, because he wants the audience to pay attention. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is On disc based video formats an audio commentary is an additional audio track consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers that plays in real time with video McCabe & Mrs Miller is a 1971 Western Motion picture by director Robert Altman. He uses a headset to make sure everything pertinent comes through without attention being drawn to it. Similarly, he tried to have his films rated R (by the MPAA rating system) so as to keep children out of his audience – he did not believe children have the patience his films require. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U This sometimes spawned conflict with movie studios, who do want children in the audience for increased revenues. A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films.

Altman made films that no other filmmaker and/or studio would. He was reluctant to make the original 1970 Korean War comedy MASH because of the pressures involved in filming it, but it still became a critical success. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the It would later inspire the long-running TV series of the same name. M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS.

The Robert Altman photographs of Swami Satchidananda, founder of Yogaville, Virginia, are used in the book INTEGRAL YOGA HATHA, by Satchidananda. These photos were turned into pencil sketches by other authors, changing them to a Western man's head in the physical features for the NEW YORK TIMES best-selling books by Dean Ornish, MD. The original Altman photos were used on striking posters and fliers for talks and books still being published, that built a following of legions for Satchidananda. One of the most striking portrait photos in sepia featured Swami Satchidananda in a classic meditative seated position, almost a perfect triangle in sihouette. This picture was used for the sold-out Carnegie Hall debut of Swami Satchidananda (who came to New York City as a guest of artist Peter Max initially, in 1966). Swami Satchidananda opened the 1969 Woodstock festival as an invited guest to aid the organizers in establishing a sense of calm and perhaps stave off the possible riot feared. The Altman photos were indispensable for transmitting the messages and the great sense of peace which countless students of Satchidananda felt with the (usually anonymously presented) Altman portraits of Satchidananda.

In 1975, Altman made Nashville, which had a strong political theme set against the world of country music. Nashville is a 1975 American Drama film directed by Robert Altman. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. The stars of the film wrote their own songs; Keith Carradine won an Academy Award for the song "I'm Easy". Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American Academy Award -winning Actor and Songwriter, born into a family "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. " I'm Easy " was a popular music hit in 1976 in the United States about a girl named Apryl Harpley

The way Altman made his films initially didn't sit well with audiences. In 1972, he attempted to expand his artistic freedom by founding Lions Gate Films. Lionsgate redirects here For other meanings see Lions' Gate (disambiguation‎. The films he made for the company include A Wedding, 3 Women, and Quintet. A Wedding is a 1978 black comedy directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin 3 Women is a 1977 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Janice Rule. Quintet is an post-apocalyptic science fiction film by Robert Altman produced in 1979.

Later career and renaissance

In 1980, he attempted a musical, Popeye, based on the comic strip/cartoon of the same name, which starred Robin Williams in his big-screen debut. Popeye is a 1980 Live-action Film directed by Robert Altman and adapted from E Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance The film was seen as a failure by some critics, but it did make money, and was in fact the second highest grossing film Altman directed to that point (Gosford Park is now the second highest). During the 1980s, Altman did a series of films, some well-received (Secret Honor) and some critically panned (O.C. & Stiggs). Secret Honor is a 1984 film written by Donald Freed and Arnold M OC and Stiggs is a 1987 film directed by Robert Altman, based on two characters featured in a series of stories published in National Lampoon He also garnered a good deal of acclaim for his presidential campaign "mockumentary" Tanner '88, for which he earned an Emmy Award and regained critical favor. Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary) a Portmanteau of Mock and documentary, is a film and TV Genre, or a single work Tanner '88 was a Mockumentary Miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. Still, popularity with audiences continued to elude him.

Altman's career was revitalized when he directed 1992's The Player, a satire of Hollywood, which was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Director, though Altman did not win. The Player is a 1992 Film that tells the story of Griffin Mill ( Tim Robbins) a Hollywood studio executive who is being Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to He was, however, awarded Best Director by the Cannes Film Festival, BAFTA, and the New York Film Critics Circle, and the film reminded Hollywood (which had shunned him for a decade) that Altman was as creative as ever. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City -based publications

After the success of The Player, Altman directed 1993's Short Cuts, an ambitious adaptation of several short stories by Raymond Carver, which portrayed the lives of various citizens of the city of Los Angeles over the course of several days. Short Cuts is a 1993 Drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt it is inspired by nine Raymond Clevie Carver Jr ( May 25, 1938 &ndash August 2, 1988) was an American Short story Writer The film's large cast and intertwining of many different storylines harkened back to his 1970s heyday and won Altman the Golden Lion at the 1993 Venice International Film Festival and earned another Oscar nomination for Best Director. The Leone d’Oro ('Golden Lion' is the highest prize given to a film at the Biennale Venice Film Festival. The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world In 1998, Altman made The Gingerbread Man, critically praised although a commercial failure, and in 1999 Cookie's Fortune, a critical success. The Gingerbread Man is a 1998 Legal thriller Film directed by Robert Altman and based on a discarded John Grisham manuscript Cookie's Fortune is a 1999 comedy Film directed by Robert Altman and starring an Ensemble cast, including Patricia In 2001, Altman's film Gosford Park gained a spot on many critics' lists of the ten best films of that year. Gosford Park is a 2001 film directed by Robert Altman. The Screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer

Working with independent studios such as Fine Line (now Picturehouse), Artisan (now Lions Gate, the studio Altman helped to found), and USA Films (now Focus Features), gave Altman the edge in making the kinds of films he has always wanted to make without outside studio interference. Lionsgate redirects here For other meanings see Lions' Gate (disambiguation‎. Focus Features (formerly USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine) is the art house films division of NBC Universal 's Universal A movie version of Garrison Keillor's public radio series A Prairie Home Companion was released in June 2006. A Prairie Home Companion is a 2006 ensemble comedy Elegy directed by Robert Altman, his final film released just five Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American Author, Storyteller, Humorist, A Prairie Home Companion is a live Radio Variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. Altman was still developing new projects up until his death.

After five Oscar nominations for Best Director and no wins, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Altman an Academy Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2006. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion The Academy Honorary Award, instituted in 1948 for the 21st Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award) is given by the discretion of the During his acceptance speech for this award, Altman revealed that he had received a heart transplant approximately ten or eleven years earlier. The director then quipped that perhaps the Academy had acted prematurely in recognizing the body of his work, as he felt like he might have four more decades of life ahead of him.

Personal life

In the 1960s, Altman lived for nine years with his second wife in Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood, California, according to author Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (Touchstone Books, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1998). Mandeville Canyon is a small community in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Brentwood is an affluent district in western Los Angeles, California, United States; it is not to be confused with Brentwood California, in He then moved to Malibu but sold that home and the Lion's Gate production company in 1981. Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. "I had no choice", he told the New York Times. "Nobody was answering the phone" after the flop of Popeye. He moved his family and business headquarters to New York, but eventually moved back to Malibu where he lived until his death.

City Councilmember Sharon Barovsky, who lives down the street from the Altman home on Malibu Road, remembered the director as a friend and neighbor. "He was salty. . . but with a great generosity of spirit", she said. Barovsky added that Malibu had a special place in the director's heart. "He loved Malibu", she said. "This is where he came to decompress. "

He had claimed that he would move to Paris, France, if George W. Bush were elected, but he did not leave the United States after Bush was elected, saying later that he had actually meant Paris, Texas. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Paris is a city located 98 miles (158 km northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Lamar County, Texas, in the United States. He noted that "the state would be better off if he (Bush) is out of it. "[4] Altman was an outspoken marijuana user, even serving as a member of the NORML advisory board. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws ( NORML, ˈnɔrməl is a Washington D Altman was one of several famous people (along with individuals as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon) who signed the Not In My Name declaration opposing the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin; October 4 1946 is an American Actress. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. [5][6][7]

Death

Altman died on November 20, 2006 at age 81 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a Hospital located in Los Angeles California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West According to his production company in New York, Sandcastle 5 Productions, he died of complications from leukemia. Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood Altman is survived by his wife, Kathryn Reed Altman; six children, Christine Westphal, Michael Altman, Stephen Altman (his set decorator of choice for many films), Connie Corriere, Robert Reed Altman and Matthew Altman; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Robert Reed Altman has served as a Camera operator and Director of Photography on an impressive number of award-winning feature films and television series since the [8][9]

Filmography

Motion pictures

Television work

TV movies and miniseries

Television episodes

Early independent projects

In the early Calvin years in Kansas City during the 1950s, Altman was as busy as he ever was in Hollywood, shooting staggering amounts of film, whether for Calvin or for the many independent film projects he pursued in attempts to break into Hollywood or into the television industry:

Selected Calvin industrial films

Out of approximately 65 industrial films directed by Altman for the Calvin Company, all less than 30 minutes long, eleven are notable for their relationship to the director's later work, or for garnering national film festival or instructional category awards:

Awards
Preceded by
Lindsay Anderson
for If...		 Grand Prix for the Best Film - Cannes Film Festival
for MASH
1970		 Succeeded by
Joseph Losey
for The Go-Between
Preceded by
Joel Coen
for Barton Fink		 Award for Best Director - Cannes Film Festival
for The Player
1992		 Succeeded by
Mike Leigh
for Naked
Preceded by
Zhang Yimou
for The Story of Qiu Ju		 Golden Lion - Venice International Film Festival
for Short Cuts (tied with Krzysztof Kieślowski
for Three Colors: Blue)
1993		 Succeeded by
Tsai Ming-liang
for Vive L'Amour and Milčo Mančevski
for Before The Rain
Preceded by
Alan Parker
for The Commitments		 BAFTA Award for Best Direction
for The Player
1992		 Succeeded by
Steven Spielberg
for Schindler's List
Preceded by
Ang Lee
for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon		 Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
for Gosford Park
2002		 Succeeded by
Martin Scorsese
for Gangs of New York
Preceded by
Sidney Lumet		 Academy Honorary Award
2006		 Succeeded by
Ennio Morricone

Bibliographies

Additional resources

Notes

  1. ^ Lemons, Stephen. "Robert Altman", Salon. com, pp.  2. Retrieved on 2006-11-22. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran  
  2. ^ a b The Daily Telegraph. "Robert Altman, 81, Mercurial Director of Masterworks and Flops", The New York Sun, 2006-11-22. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Retrieved on 2006-11-22. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran  
  3. ^ The Religious Affiliation of Robert Altman. Adherents. com (2005-07-28). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Retrieved on 2006-11-22. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran
  4. ^ http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/leave.htm
  5. ^ The Birmingham News (June 3, 2005) 20 Questions, 2 Choices. The Birmingham News is the principal daily Newspaper for Birmingham Alabama, United States, and the largest newspaper in Alabama. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Volume 118; Section: Lifestyle; Page 12.
  6. ^ Interview: Robert Altman | Interviews | guardian.co.uk Film
  7. ^ NORML Advisory Board - NORML
  8. ^ Director Robert Altman dies at 81 - More news and other features - MSNBC.com
  9. ^ [1]

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NAME Altman, Robert Bernard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Film director
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City, Missouri
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 2006
PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles, California (leukaemia)
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