Boyhood is a 2014 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Richard Linklater and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. The film was shot intermittently over a 11-year period from May 2002 to October 2013, showing the growth of a young boy and his older sister to adulthood.