Frank Barhydt

Barhydt is an American screenwriter best remembered for his collaboration along with Robert Altman in some of his films such as Short Cuts (1993), Quintet (1979), HealtH (1980) and Kansas City (1996). He also appeared as an actor in the successful Hollywood critique The Player (1992) and as Frank Gatling in the miniseries Tanner '88 (1988) - again Robert Altman projects.

The magnum moment from the duo was with the adaptation of Raymond Carver's short stories in the ensemble effort Short Cuts (1993). The extraordinary lives of 23 characters where almost nothing happens in a 3-hour film and taken from several different of Carver's writings was a critical success and earned Altman & Barhydt team a Golden Globe nomination for Best Screenplay.