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Thesis; Robert Altman played a crucial role in developing the film industry in America as a film director, producer, and screenwriter through his highly naturalistic and stylized and aesthetic films in Hollywood.
- Introduction
- As a film director, producer, and screenwriter, Robert Bernard Altman, an American, is a legend in the film industry.
- He has been very influential in American film and has been recognized as a five-times nominee in Academy Award for Best Director.
- Altman is a lasting figure in the current era of Hollywood with other legendary directors such as Woody Allen, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, and Sidney Lumet.
- Life and necessary career details of Robert Altman.
- He was born in the early 1920s in Kansas City, Missouri, to insurance salesman father and schooled at a Catholic school and later went to Rockhurst High school.
- Started art of exploring sounds and films while at high school especially Rockhurst High School.
- Altman family was wealthy and has Irish, German and English ancestry.
- He graduated in 1943 in Lexington from Wentworth Military Academy.
- At age of 18 in 1943, Altman joined United Nations Air Forces
- Participated in World War II as a crewman on B-24 Liberator until 1946 and Worked in publicity of company for dog tattooing machine for identification
- Entered filmmaking career in 1948 with Bodyguard script and sold to RKO with George W. as the co-writer.
- The immediate success made Altman travel to New York City to fake career as script author
- In 1949 came back to Kansas City and worked as a instructor and author of industrial movies in Calvin Establishment
- Engaged 65 films and documentaries for Calvin Company
- Directed film on juvenile delinquency.
- Moved back to California and co-directed a documentary The James Dean Story (1957)
- Robert Altman most important films
- The Delinquents (1957)
- A.S.H (1970)
- Critics over the Korean War comedy and winning of multiple awards
- Mc Cabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
- The Long Goodbye (1973)
- Humor in the infusion of two auteurs styles.
- Thieves like Us film of 1974
- Nashville film of 1975
- Come Back to the 5 and Dine of 1982 together with Jimmy Dean.
- A wedding film of 1978
- Altman received various honors and awards for being a director for various films.