Richard Donner
American film director (1930-2021) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 91
Richard Donner was an American filmmaker. 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 career spanning more than six decades crossed genres and influenced trends among filmmakers across the world.
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Casting ByFilm2009
X-Men Origins: WolverineFilm, Producer2002
RitualFilm, Producer2000
X-MenFilm, Producer1998
Lethal Weapon 4Film, Director, Producer1996
Bordello of BloodFilm, Producer1993
Free WillyFilm, Producer1991
DeliriousFilm, Producer1988
ScroogedFilm, Director, Producer1985
LadyhawkeFilm, Director, Producer1980
Inside MovesFilm, Director1979Hugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAward1976
The OmenFilm, Director1973
KojakSeries, Director1972
The Streets of San FranciscoSeries, Director1968
Salt & PepperFilm, Director1967
IronsideSeries, Director1964
12 O'Clock HighSeries, Director1963
The FugitiveSeries, Director1960
Route 66Series, Director1958
The RiflemanSeries, Director1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries, Director1954
LassieSeries, Clay Braddock1930Born24 April 1930People around Richard
Mel Gibson Richard directed Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Joe Pesci Richard directed Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Danny Glover Richard directed Lethal Weapon (1987)
Margot Kidder Richard directed Superman and Superman II
Ned Beatty Richard directed Superman and Superman II
Darlene Love Richard directed Lethal Weapon (1987)- Mary Ellen Trainor Richard directed Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Bill Henderson Richard directed Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
J. Mills Goodloe Richard produced Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Traci Wolfe Richard produced Lethal Weapon (1987)
Steve Kahan Richard produced Lethal Weapon (1987)- Harvey Bernhard Produced The Goonies and The Omen
Corey Feldman Richard produced The Goonies and Maverick
Gene Hackman Richard directed Superman and Superman II
David Morse Richard directed 16 Blocks and Inside Moves
Terence Stamp Richard directed Superman and Superman II
Jackie Cooper Richard directed Superman and Superman II
Valerie Perrine Richard directed Superman and Superman II
August Schellenberg Richard produced Free Willy (1994)
Jason James Richter Richard produced Free Willy (1994)
Sarah Douglas Richard directed Superman and Superman II
Jack McGee Richard produced Lethal Weapon 2 and Scrooged
Bert Remsen Richard directed Maverick and Conspiracy Theory
Pierre Spengler Produced Superman II and Superman
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024
The Goonies 1985
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 2006
The Omen 1976
Lethal Weapon 1987
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