Earned a college baseball scholarship and played for two years before an arrhythmic heart condition ended his baseball career
Left college to work on an offshore oil rig
Is a self-taught filmmaker
Founded the Austin Film Society in 1985 and serves as its artistic director
Several of his films, including Slacker (1991) and Dazed and Confused (1993), are set in his home state of Texas
Founded Detour Filmproduction (a film-production company based in Austin)
In 2006, he became the first director to showcase two films (Fast Food Nation and A Scanner Darkly) at the Cannes Film Festival
The subject of his 2011 film Bernie, convicted murderer Bernie Tiede, was released from prison in 2014; one of the conditions of his release was that he had to live in Linklater's garage apartment
Is a vegetarian
Awards
2017Emmy-Outstanding Children's Program:nominated
2015BAFTA Film Awards-Best Film:winner
2015David di Donatello Awards-Best Foreign Film:nominated
2015Bodil Awards-American Film of the Year:winner
2015Robert Awards-American Film of the Year:winner
2015César Awards-Best Foreign Film:nominated
2015BAFTA Film Awards-Best Director:winner
2015BAFTA Film Awards-Best Original Screenplay:nominated