Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | School of Rock | 2003 | |
| Director | Before Sunrise | 1995 | |
| Writer | Before Sunrise | 1995 | |
| Director | Before Sunset | 2004 | |
| Writer | Before Sunset | 2004 | |
| Producer | Before Sunset | 2004 | |
| Actor | Spy Kids | 2001 | Cool Spy |
| Director | A Killer Romance | 2023 | |
| Writer | A Killer Romance | 2023 | |
| Director | Before Midnight | 2013 | |
| Producer | Before Midnight | 2013 | |
| Writer | Before Midnight | 2013 | |
| Writer | Before Midnight | 2013 | |
| Director | Boyhood | 2014 | |
| Writer | Boyhood | 2014 | |
| Producer | Boyhood | 2014 | |
| Director | Confusion - Sommer der Ausgeflippten | 1993 | |
| Writer | Confusion - Sommer der Ausgeflippten | 1993 | |
| Producer | Confusion - Sommer der Ausgeflippten | 1993 | |
| Director | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | 2019 | |
| Writer | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | 2019 | |
| Director | A Scanner Darkly - Der dunkle Schirm | 2006 | |
| Writer | A Scanner Darkly - Der dunkle Schirm | 2006 | |
| Actor | Beavis & Butthead machen's in Amerika | 1996 | Tour Bus Driver (voice) |
| Director | Everybody Wants Some!! | 2016 | |
| Writer | Everybody Wants Some!! | 2016 | |
| Producer | Everybody Wants Some!! | 2016 | |
| Actor | Waking Life | 2001 | |
| Writer | Waking Life | 2001 | |
| Director | Waking Life | 2001 | |
| Writer | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Adventure | 2022 | |
| Director | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Adventure | 2022 | |
| Producer | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Adventure | 2022 | |
| Director | Last Flag Flying | 2017 | |
| Writer | Last Flag Flying | 2017 | |
| Director | Bernie - Leichen pflastern seinen Weg | 2012 | |
| Writer | Bernie - Leichen pflastern seinen Weg | 2012 | |
| Director | Fast Food Nation | 2006 | |
| Writer | Fast Food Nation | 2006 | |
| Director | Die Bären sind los | 2005 | |
| Producer | Die Bären sind los | 2005 | |
| Director | Tape | 2001 | |
| Actor | Hitchcock/Truffaut | 2015 | Himself |
| Director | Ich und Orson Welles | 2009 | |
| Producer | Ich und Orson Welles | 2009 | |
| Actor | Slacker | 1991 | |
| Director | Slacker | 1991 | |
| Writer | Slacker | 1991 | |
| Producer | Slacker | 1991 | |
| Director | Die Newton Boys | 1998 | |
| Writer | Die Newton Boys | 1998 | |
| Actor | Side by Side | 2012 | Himself |
| Director | SubUrbia | 1996 | |
| Actor | Blaze | 2018 | Oilman |
| Director | Merrily We Roll Along | ||
| Writer | Merrily We Roll Along | ||
| Actor | The Hottest State | 2006 | John Wayne Enthusiast |
| Actor | Die Kehrseite Der Medaille | 1995 | Ember Doorman |
| Actor | Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny | 2016 | Richard Linklater |