Richard Linklater "Boyhood", a passion project which took over twelve years to complete. The film was released in 2014 to widespread critical acclaim. Linklater won the Golden Globes, Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and BAFTAs for Best Director and Best Picture. He also received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, along with nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual "Time 100" list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Many of his films are noted for their loosely structured narrative; several of his projects—the "Before..." films and "Boyhood—"feature
Richard Linklater for Best Adapted Screenplay for his film "Before Sunset", and was nominated for the same award with its sequel "Before Midnight" in 2014. Many of Linklater's films take place in one day, a narrative approach that has gained popularity in recent years. "Slacker", "Dazed and Confused", "Tape", "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset", and "Before Midnight" are examples of this method. Two of his films, ("A Scanner Darkly" and "Waking Life"), used rotoscoping animation techniques. Working with Bob Sabiston and Sabiston's program Rotoshop to create this effect, Linklater shot and edited both movies completely as live action features, then employed a team