What is filmmaker Richard Linklater estimated net worth? While 1990's Slacker is often considered the Texas-born Richard Linklater's directorial debut, he actually helmed It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books first, a no-budget road movie from 1988. The movie was shot on Super 8 over the course of a year, with Linklater also starring and performing most of the technical duties himself. The movie is rough compared to his later work, but it already gave a preview of what would become recurring motifs in his work. Slacker followed shortly after and became a critical darling, and is often cited as the beginning of the indie film movement of the 1990s.
Before Midnight. It appears a new chapter in the franchise happens every nine years, so it will be interesting to see if another movie arrives in 2022.
Richard Linklater's follow-up projects like comedy SubUrbia, period crime movie The Newton Boys or microbudget indie Tape failed to gather much notice. He ended up scoring a surprise smash with 2003's School Of Rock, starring Jack Black as a guitarist who becomes a teacher at a fancy prep school. The movie grossed over $135 million worldwide, later spawning a hit TV series and a musical. His next movie Bad News Bears was a remake of a beloved kids movie but was a box-office dud, but A Scanner Darkly - a rotoscope animated sci-fi drama - starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder has since become another cult favorite. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Richard Linklater is worth $12 million.
In 2011 Richard Linklater would receive acclaim for Bernie, a true-life dark comedy starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. Arguably his best-known film is 2014's Boyhood, which followed a boy named Mason over twelve years. Boyhood began filming in 2002 with lead actor Ellar Coltrane aging in real-time, alongside co-stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette. The movie received almost universal acclaim for both its technical feat and being a touch, slice of life drama, with Patricia Arquette winning Best ing Actress at the Oscars for her work.
Recent Richard Linklater projects include nostalgic drama Boyhood a run for its money by filming over 20 years. This puts its release date somewhere around 2040 when Richard Linklater himself will be 80 years old.
