Dick Richards (Director)

Dick Richards , also RM Richards , (* 1936 in New York City , New York as Richard Richards ) is an American film director , producer and screenwriter .

After working as a photographer (including for Life Magazine ), Richards began his film career as a director of commercials. His film career began in 1972 with the Western Greenhorn , for which he wrote the script and directed . In 1975 Fahr zur Hölle, Liebling based on the novel by Raymond Chandler with Robert Mitchum in the main role and Sylvester Stallone in a minor supporting role, followed in 1975 .

Other directorial works were Marschier oder die die (1977) with Gene Hackman and Terence Hill , Herzen in Aufruhr with Martin Sheen (1983) and Heat - Nik, der Killer with Burt Reynolds (1986).

After coming across the script for Tootsie , he was originally supposed to take over the directing; after difficulties with the script, he limited himself to the production (alongside director Sydney Pollack ), which earned him an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Picture in 1983 . The two were also nominated for the BAFTA Film Award .

Filmography

• 1972: Greenhorn (The Culpepper Cattle Co. , also screenplay)
• 1975: Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
• 1975: Farewell, My Lovely (Farewell, My Lovely)
• 1977: March or Die (March or Die , also as producer and screenplay)
• 1981: Death Valley
• 1983: Hearts in Turmoil (Man, Woman and Child)
• 1986: Heat - Nik the Killer (Heat)

Web links

• Dick Richards in the Internet Movie Database (English)