Editing Richard Linklater (section)

==Early life==
Linklater was born in [[Houston, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11287806|title=Why 'Boyhood' is a movie for the ages|first=Helen|last=Barlow|date=July 4, 2014|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}</ref> He attended [[Huntsville High School (Texas)|Huntsville High School]] in [[Huntsville, Texas]], during grades 9–11, where he played football for [[Joe Clements (American football)|Joe Clements]] as a backup quarterback for the #1 ranked team in the state. For his senior year, he moved to [[Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas)|Bellaire High School]] in [[Bellaire, Texas]], because he was better at baseball than football and Bellaire had a better baseball coach. As a teen he won a [[Scholastic Art and Writing Awards|Scholastic Art and Writing Award]].<ref>Scholastic Inc., Newsroom, [http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/america-s-most-creative-teens-named-national-2016-scholastic-art-writing-awards-recipi America's Most Creative Teens Named as National 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Recipients]</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vine |first1=Kate |title=Richard Linklater |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/richard-linklater/ |access-date=April 10, 2019 |work=Texas Monthly |date=December 2005}}</ref>

Linklater studied at [[Sam Houston State University]] (where he also played baseball),<ref>Sam Houston State University Facebook. [https://www.facebook.com/samhoustonstate/photos/a.84460031618.90890.25099076618/10153369928906619/?type=3&theater "Throwing back to the 1980 #SHSU Baseball team in which writer, director and producer Richard Linklater was a member of. #TBT"]. 6 April 2016.</ref> until dropping out to work on an [[offshore oil rig]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]].

He frequently read novels on the rig, and upon returning to land, developed a love of film through repeated visits to a [[repertory cinema]] in Houston. At this point, Linklater realized he wanted to be a filmmaker. He used his savings to buy a [[Super 8 film|Super-8]] camera, a projector, and editing equipment, and moved to [[Austin, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title=Richard Linklater {{!}} Biography, Education, Movies, Slacker, Hit Man, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Linklater |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>