Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman (born February 20, 1925) is an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a somewhat skewed perspective.

Additional resources

• The director's commentary on the McCabe & Mrs. Miller DVD, while focusing on that film, also to some degree covers Altman's general methodology as a director.
• Patrick McGilligan's biography of Altman, Jumping Off the Cliff (St. Martin's Press, 1989) is greatly detailed in its writing about the Altman family's involvement in early Kansas City, Altman's childhood, his first films, and the workings of his mind and personality. However, after M*A*S*H and its success, the look into Altman's mind and how it works becomes frustratingly elusive, instead concentrating on his movies in general. This book is where the information on Altman's childhood, military service, and early years of filmmaking in Kansas City comes from.