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 .	Oliver Stone	Oliver Stone	John Sayles	John Sayles	Errol Morris	Errol Morris	Quentin Tarantino	Quentin Tarantino	Martin Scorsese	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 .	The Thin Blue Line	The Thin Blue Line (1988 film)	documentary	documentary
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- .	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	Passion Fish	Passion Fish	Lone Star	Lone Star (1996 film)
His film Men with Guns -LRB- 1997 -RRB- was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film .	Men with Guns	Men with Guns	Golden Globe	Golden Globe
His directorial debut , Return of the Secaucus 7 -LRB- 1980 -RRB- , has been added to the National Film Registry .	Return of the Secaucus 7	Return of the Secaucus 7	National Film Registry	National Film Registry
Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity .	profanity	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 .	New Hollywood	New Hollywood
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 .	Cannes Film Festival	Cannes Film Festival	AFI Life Achievement Award	AFI Life Achievement Award	Academy Award	Academy Award	Palme d'Or	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award	Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)	Silver Lion	Silver Lion	Grammy Award	Grammy Award	Emmys	Emmy Award	Golden Globes	Golden Globe Award	BAFTAs	British Academy Film Awards	DGA Awards	Directors Guild of America Award
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 .	Mean Streets	Mean Streets	Taxi Driver	Taxi Driver	Raging Bull	Raging Bull	The King of Comedy	The King of Comedy (film)	The Last Temptation of Christ	The Last Temptation of Christ (film)	Goodfellas	Goodfellas	Cape Fear	Cape Fear (1991 film)	Casino	Casino (film)	collaborated on	Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro	Robert De Niro	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 .	pilot episode	Boardwalk Empire (episode)	HBO	HBO	Boardwalk Empire	Boardwalk Empire	Vinyl	Vinyl (TV series)
He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the crime drama The Departed -LRB- 2006 -RRB- .	Academy Award	Academy Award	The Departed	The Departed	Academy Award for Best Director	Academy Award for Best Director
He also wrote the acclaimed gangster movie Scarface -LRB- 1983 -RRB- .	Scarface	Scarface (1983 film)
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- .	Born on the Fourth of July	Born on the Fourth of July (film)	Heaven & Earth	Heaven & Earth (1993 film)
His latest film is Snowden -LRB- 2016 -RRB- .	Snowden	Snowden (film)
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 .	His films	Quentin Tarantino filmography	nonlinear storylines	nonlinear narrative	aestheticization of violence	aestheticization of violence	established	A-list	popular culture	popular culture	score pieces	film score	neo-noir	neo-noir
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 .	True Romance	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 .	blaxploitation	blaxploitation	Jackie Brown	Jackie Brown	Rum Punch	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 .	Inglourious Basterds	Inglourious Basterds
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 .	The Hateful Eight	The Hateful Eight	roadshow	Roadshow theatrical release	70 mm film	70 mm film
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 .	Academy Awards	Academy Awards	Golden Globe Awards	Golden Globe Awards	BAFTA Awards	BAFTA Awards	Palme d'Or	Palme d'Or	Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Grammy	Grammy Award
He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time in 2005 .	100 Most Influential People in the World	Time 100	Time	Time (magazine)
