Richard Donner
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 24, 1930
- Died
- July 5, 2021 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters", Donner directed some of the most financially successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. His career spanning more than six decades crossed genres and influenced trends among filmmakers across the world. Donner began his career in 1957 as a television director. In the 1960s, he directed episodes of the series The Rifleman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Fugitive, The Twilight Zone, The Banana Splits, and many others. Donner made his film debut with the low-budget aviation drama X-15 in 1961, but had his critical and commercial breakthrough with the horror film The Omen in 1976. He directed the landmark superhero film Superman in 1978, which provided an inspiration for the fantasy film genre to eventually gain artistic respectability and commercial dominance. Donner later went on to direct films in the 1980s such as The Goonies and Scrooged, while reinvigorating the buddy cop film genre with the Lethal Weapon series. Donner and his wife, Lauren, owned a production company, The Donners' Company, which is most successful for producing the Free Willy and X-Men film franchises. Donner also produced Tales from the Crypt and co-wrote several comic books for Superman publisher DC Comics. In 2000, Donner received the President's Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Donner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
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Timeline
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Lethal Weapon 4
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Conspiracy Theory
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Assassins
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Maverick
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Lethal Weapon 3
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Radio Flyer
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Two-Fisted Tales
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Lethal Weapon 2
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Tales from the Crypt
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Scrooged
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Lethal Weapon
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Ladyhawke
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The Goonies
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The Toy
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Inside Moves
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Superman
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The Omen
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Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
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A Shadow in the Streets
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Bronk
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Senior Year
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Lucas Tanner
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Petrocelli
TV · Director · 1 ep
Sons and Daughters
TV · Director · 9 eps
Nightside
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Kojak
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The Marshal of Madrid
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Sam Cade
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Banyon
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The Streets of San Francisco
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Ghost Story
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Sarge
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Cannon
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Bearcats!
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Twinky
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The Interns
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
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Salt & Pepper
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Ironside
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Felony Squad
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It's About Time
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Jericho
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The Wild Wild West
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The F.B.I.
TV · Director · 1 ep
Get Smart
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Trials of O'Brien
TV · Director · 22 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · Director · 4 eps
Gilligan's Island
TV · Director · 3 eps
12 O'Clock High
TV · Director · 4 eps
Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
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The Fugitive
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
TV · Director · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · Director · 7 eps
The Lieutenant
TV · Director · 2 eps
Sam Benedict
TV · Director · 6 eps
The Eleventh Hour
TV · Director · 3 eps
Combat!
TV · Director · 1 ep
X-15
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Route 66
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Tall Man
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The Twilight Zone
TV · Director · 6 eps
The Detectives
TV · Director · 1 ep
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · Director · 6 eps
The Rifleman
TV · Director · 7 eps
Perry Mason
TV · Director · 3 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · Director · 5 eps
Wagon Train
TV · Director · 1 ep
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · Director · 5 eps