Richard Friedenberg

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Richard Friedenberg (* in Westchester , New York ) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.

biography

After studying English literature at the University of Michigan and doing academic work at the Sorbonne in Paris , he joined a film company in Boston , where he wrote and designed his first educational films. In 1974 his career began with the script for the film The Life and Times of Grizzly Addams . Three years later he wrote and produced the television series of the same name, which, under the title The Man in the Mountains , was a great success, especially in Germany.

In 1978 he shot for US television The Deerslayer , a literary film adaptation based on the book The Wildslayer by James Fenimore Cooper . In 1979, The Bermuda Triangle , a feature film based on the book of the same name by Charles Berlitz , was his first successful feature film.

In 1981 he wrote the screenplay for the Roger Young film Bitter Harvest with Ron Howard , for which he received his first Emmy Award nomination. His next work was Trage my brother Burde from 1986 with James Garner .

In 1991 he wrote the screenplay for the Joel Schumacher film Decision from Love (with Julia Roberts ). In 1992 Robert Redford chose him as a screenwriter for his film From the Middle A River Gates . Friedenberg stuck to the poetic novel and received an Academy Award nomination.

In 1996 he directed Mr. & Mrs. Loving with Timothy Hutton . In 1997, based on Forrest Carter's novella The Education of Little Tree, the film Indian Summer - The Adventures of the Indian Boy Little Tree , about a little Indian boy who lost his parents during the Depression.

In 2001 he received another Emmy nomination for his film Snow in August with Stephen Rea .

Awards

  • 1981 Emmy Award nomination for Bitter Harvest
  • 1992 Academy Award nomination for A River Runs Out of the Middle
  • 2001 Emmy Award nomination for Snow in August

Filmography (selection)

Director

  • 1974: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams ( The life and times of Grizzly Adams )
  • 1975: The Lonely in the mountains ( The adventures of Frontier Fremont )
  • 1978: The Deerslayer
  • 1979: The Bermuda Triangle
  • 1996: Mr. and Mrs. Loving ( Mr. and Mrs. Loving )
  • 1997: Indian Summer - The Adventures of the Little Indian Boy Little Tree ( Education of Little Tree ) - also screenplay
  • 2003: Twelve Mile Road - also screenplay
  • 2004: Diary for Nicholas ( Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas ) - also screenplay

Script for films by other directors

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personal data
SURNAME Friedenberg, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Westchester County , New York