Robert Altman is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for such films as the war comedy M*A*S*H (1970), the revisionist western McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the neo-noir The Long Goodbye (1973), the dramedy film California Split (1974), the satirical musical film Nashville (1975), the drama 3 Women (1977), the comedy A Wedding (1978), the musical comedy Popeye (1980), the drama Secret Honor (1984), the black comedy The Player (1992), the ensemble film Short Cuts (1993), the British murder mystery film Gosford Park (2001), and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).