# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-marquand
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:58:53.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-marquand"
name: "Richard Marquand"
slug: "richard-marquand"
description: "Richard Alfred Marquand was a Welsh film and television director active in both American and British film productions, best known for directing the 1983 space opera Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also directed the 1981 drama film Eye of the Needle, the critically panned romance film Until September, and the 1985 thriller Jagged Edge."
tagline: "British film director (1937-1987)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-09-22"
deathDate: "1987-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump