Biography

Born on 20 February 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Filmography

• Christmas Eve (1947) (writer) ... aka Sinner's Holiday (1947)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) (uncredited) .... Man Drinking
• Bodyguard (1948) (writer)
• Corn's-A-Poppin' (1951) (writer)
• Modern Football (1951) (director)
• King Basketball (1952) (director)
• The Last Mile (1953) (director)
• Better Football (1954) (director)
• The Perfect Crime (1955) (director)
• The Delinquents (1957) (director, producer, writer)
• The James Dean Story (1957) (director, producer, editor)
• United States Marshal (1959) (director)
• Nightmare in Chicago (1964) (TV) (director, producer) ... aka Once Upon a Savage Night
• Countdown (1968) (director)
• That Cold Day in the Park (1969) (director)
• Brewster McCloud (1970) (director)
• M*A*S*H (1970) (director)
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) (director, writer)
• Images (1972) (director, writer)
• The Long Goodbye (1973) (director)
• California Split (1974) (director, producer)
• Thieves Like Us (1974) (director, writer)
• Nashville (1975) (director, producer)
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) (director, producer, writer)
• The Late Show (1977) (producer)
• 3 Women (1977) (director, producer, writer)
• Welcome to L.A. (1977) (producer)
• Remember My Name (1978) (producer)
• A Wedding (1978) (also story) (director, producer, writer)
• H.E.A.L.T.H. (1979) (director, writer)
• A Perfect Couple (1979) (director, producer, writer)
• Quintet (1979) (director, producer, writer)
• Rich Kids (1979) (executive) (producer)
• Popeye (1980) (director)
• Endless Love (1981) .... Hotel Manager
• Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)
• Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) (director)
• Precious Blood (1982) (TV) (director)
• Streamers (1983) (director, producer)
• Secret Honor (1984) (director, producer) ... aka Secret Honor: A Political Myth ... aka Secret Honor: The Last Testament of Richard M. Nixon
• Fool for Love (1985) (director)
• The Laundromat (1985) (director)
• O.C. & Stiggs (1985) (director, producer)
• Aria (1987) (director, writer)
• Basements (1987) (TV) (director) ... aka The Room (1987) (TV)
• Beyond Therapy (1987) (director, writer)
• The Dumb Waiter (1987) (TV) (director)
• The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988) (TV) (director, producer)
• Vincent & Theo (1990) (director)
• The Player (1992) (director)
• Black and Blue (1993) (director)
• Short Cuts (1993) (director, writer)
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) (producer) ... aka Mrs. Parker and the Round Table (1994)
• Prêt-à-Porter (1994) (director, producer, writer) ... aka Ready to Wear
• Jazz '34 (1996) (director) ... aka Robert Altman's Jazz '34
• Kansas City (1996) (director, producer, writer)
• Afterglow (1997) (producer)
• Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) (TV) .... Himself (interviewee)
• Liv (1998) (producer)
• The Gingerbread Man (1998) (director, writer(as Al Hayes))
• Trixie (1999) (producer)
• Another City, not my Own (1999) (director)
• Cookie's Fortune (1999) (director, producer)

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