Robert Richardson has only ever collaborated with women.
Richardson is and has been a frequent collaborator for several directors , including Oliver Stone , John Sayles , Errol Morris , Quentin Tarantino , and Martin Scorsese.
He is perhaps best known and most revered for his 1988 documentary The Thin Blue Line , commonly cited among the best and most influential documentaries ever made.
He has also made short films under contract for the controversial lab diagnostic company Theranos.
He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Passion Fish -LRB- 1992 -RRB- and Lone Star -LRB- 1996 -RRB-.
His film Men with Guns -LRB- 1997 -RRB- was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
His directorial debut , Return of the Secaucus 7 -LRB- 1980 -RRB- , has been added to the National Film Registry.
Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity.
Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking , he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history.
He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema , and has won an Academy Award , a Palme d'Or , Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award , Silver Lion , Grammy Award , Emmys , Golden Globes , BAFTAs , and DGA Awards.
He has directed works such as the crime film Mean Streets -LRB- 1973 -RRB- , the vigilante-thriller Taxi Driver -LRB- 1976 -RRB- , the biographical sports drama Raging Bull -LRB- 1980 -RRB- , the black comedy The King of Comedy -LRB- 1983 -RRB- , the religious epic drama The Last Temptation of Christ -LRB- 1988 -RRB- , the crime film Goodfellas -LRB- 1990 -RRB- , the psychological thriller Cape Fear -LRB- 1991 -RRB- and the crime film Casino -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , some of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro.
His work in television includes the pilot episode of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire and Vinyl , the latter of which he also co-created.
He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the crime drama The Departed -LRB- 2006 -RRB-.
He also wrote the acclaimed gangster movie Scarface -LRB- 1983 -RRB-.
He continued the series with Born on the Fourth of July -LRB- 1989 -RRB- -- for which Stone won his second Best Director Oscar -- and Heaven & Earth -LRB- 1993 -RRB-.
His latest film is Snowden -LRB- 2016 -RRB-.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines , satirical subject matter , an aestheticization of violence , extended scenes of dialogue , ensemble casts consisting of established and lesser-known performers , references to popular culture , soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s , and features of neo-noir film.
He is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation.
His career began in the late 1980s , when he wrote and directed My Best Friend 's Birthday , the screenplay of which formed the basis for True Romance.
For his next effort , Tarantino paid homage to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s with Jackie Brown -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch.
His long-postponed Inglourious Basterds , which tells the fictional alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany 's political leadership , was released in 2009 to positive reviews.
His eighth film , the mystery Western The Hateful Eight , was released in its roadshow version December 25 , 2015 , in 70 mm film format , complete with opening `` overture '' and halfway-point intermission , after the fashion of big-budget films of the 1960s and early 1970s.
He has received many industry awards , including two Academy Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , two BAFTA Awards and the Palme d'Or , and has been nominated for an Emmy and a Grammy.
He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time in 2005.
