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David Lowell Rich

American film director · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1923 to 2001 · aged 78

David Lowell Rich was an American film director and producer. He directed nearly 100 films and TV episodes between 1950 and 1987. He was born in New York City. He began directing on a regular basis in 1950. Rich won an Emmy for outstanding direction of a special in 1978 for The Defection of Simas Kudirka.

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2001Died21 October 20011987InfidelityFilm, Director1985Scandal SheetFilm, Director1984The Sky's No LimitFilm, Director, Producer1981Chu Chu and the Philly FlashFilm, Director1979The Concorde... Airport '79Film, Director1978Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic SpecialAwardA Family Upside DownFilm, 1978Director1976The Secret Life of John ChapmanFilm, Director1974The Chadwick FamilyFilm, Director1972Ghost StorySeries, DirectorThe Judge and Jake WylerFilm, 1972Director1971The SheriffFilm, Director1968A Lovely Way to DieFilm, Director1967MannixSeries, Director1966Mission: ImpossibleSeries, DirectorMadame XFilm, 1966Director1964See How They RunFilm, Director1963Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries, Director1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Director1960Route 66Series, Director1959Black SaddleSeries, Director1957M SquadSeries, DirectorNo Time to Be YoungFilm, 1957Director1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Director1948Studio OneSeries, Director1923Born31 August 1923

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104 credits on file

Television 24

Awards

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special1978
Primetime Emmy Award

About this person

His brother was director John Rich.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2001 · aged 78

In the same film or series as David

Doris BelackAlso in The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985)Randi OakesAlso in Telethon (1977)Walter BurkeAlso in The Plainsman (1966)John LarchAlso in The Chadwick Family (1974)Gerald W. AbramsAlso in The Secret Life of John Chapman (1976)