Richard Donner
Born in Bronx, New York, USA — Apr 24 1930• Died Jul 05 2021
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Biography
Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930–July 5, 2021) was an American film director and producer. 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 50-year career 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, T…
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Richard Donner's Credits
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Perry Mason
Directing
Have Gun, Will Travel
Directing
Lassie
Clay Braddock
The Fugitive
Directing
The Twilight Zone
Directing
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Directing
Cannon
Directing
The F.B.I.
Directing
The Rifleman
Directing
Wagon Train
Directing
The Wild Wild West
Directing
Ironside
Directing
Combat!
Directing
Get Smart
Directing
Kojak
Directing
Route 66
Directing
Tales from the Crypt
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Felony Squad
Directing
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Directing
The Streets of San Francisco
Directing
Gilligan's Island
Directing
12 O'Clock High
Directing
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Inebriate
Sam Benedict
Grover Stann
Mr. Novak
Directing
Petrocelli
Directing
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
HBO First Look
The Detectives
Directing
The Tall Man
Directing
Ghost Story
Directing
Bronk
Directing
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Directing
Superman
Man in Street (extended version) (uncredited)
The Lieutenant
Directing
The Goonies
Policeman (uncredited)
Lethal Weapon
Production
Perversions of Science
Production
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Directing
The Eleventh Hour
Directing
Superpowered: The DC Story
Self (archive footage)
Letter to Loretta
Directing
The Omen
Directing
Cursed Films
Self - Director, The Omen
The Trials of O'Brien
Directing
Lethal Weapon 4
Directing
Banyon
Directing
Jericho
Directing
It's About Time
Directing
The Lost Boys
Production
Superman II
Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)
Lethal Weapon 2
Production
Assassins
Directing
Free Willy
Production
Timeline
Man in Car (uncredited)
Sarge
Directing
Lethal Weapon 3
Directing
Ladyhawke
Production
Bearcats!
Directing
Conspiracy Theory
Cab Passenger (uncredited)
Maverick
Dealer (uncredited)
16 Blocks
Man Holding a Birthday Cake (uncredited)
Bordello of Blood
Production
Free Willy
Production
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)
Out Cold
Snooty Bartender (uncredited)
Scrooged
Directing
The Interns
Directing
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self (archive footage)
Any Given Sunday
Production
Radio Flyer
Directing
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Production
The Final Conflict
Production
Sons and Daughters
Directing
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Production
Ritual
Production
E! True Hollywood Story
Double Tap
Production
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Self (archive footage)
Casting By
Self
The Toy
Directing
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
Himself
Two-Fisted Tales
Directing
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Production
The Making Of The Goonies
Self
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Filmmaker
Valerie
Self
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Director, Superman: The Movie
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Self
Inside Moves
Man who closes the ambulance doors (uncredited)
Senior Year
Directing
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
Delirious
Production
X-15
Directing
Made Men
Production
Salt & Pepper
Directing
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Production
W.E.I.R.D. World
Production
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
Sam Cade
Directing
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Twinky
Directing
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Life After Flash
Self
The Marshal of Madrid
Directing
Davi's Way
Self
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Directing
The Omen Legacy
Self
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
Self
The Omen
Production
Nightside
Directing
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Production
Lucas Tanner
Directing
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
First Works
Self
A Shadow in the Streets
Directing
X-Men
Production
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Self
Lethal Weapon 5
Writing
666: The Omen Revealed
Scream Greats, Vol.2: Satanism and Witchcraft
Himself
Superman II: Restoring the Vision
Self
Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
Directing