W. D. Richter
Film director, producer, screenwriter · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1945 · age 80
Walter Duch Richter is an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He is best known for adapting Invasion of the Body Snatchers, directing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and co-writing Big Trouble in Little China.
W. D. Richter is read about 52 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 12 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2019What Sad Music: W.D. Richter and the Writing of DraculaFilm2016
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the PodFilm2005
StealthFilm, Writer2002
Buckaroo Banzai DeclassifiedFilm1995
Home for the HolidaysFilm, Writer1993
Needful ThingsFilm, Writer1991
Late for DinnerFilm, Director, Producer1982
Hard FeelingsFilm, Writer1981
All Night LongFilm, Writer1980
BrubakerFilm, Writer1979
DraculaFilm, Writer1976
NickelodeonFilm, Writer1975
PeeperFilm, Writer1973
SlitherFilm, Writer1945Born7 December 1945
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the PodFilm2005StealthFilm, Writer2002Buckaroo Banzai DeclassifiedFilm1995Home for the HolidaysFilm, Writer1993Needful ThingsFilm, Writer1991Late for DinnerFilm, Director, Producer1982Hard FeelingsFilm, Writer1981All Night LongFilm, Writer1980BrubakerFilm, Writer1979DraculaFilm, Writer1976NickelodeonFilm, Writer1975PeeperFilm, Writer1973SlitherFilm, Writer1945Born7 December 1945People around W. D. Richter
Close ties
Robert Chartoff Produced Peeper and Nickelodeon- Daryl Duke Directed Slither and Hard Feelings
Jeff Goldblum W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)- Matt Clark W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Robert Ito W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Billy Vera W. D. Richter directed Late for Dinner (1992)
Jodie Foster Directed Home for the Holidays (1995)
Jamie Lee Curtis W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
John Lithgow W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Christopher Lloyd W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Marcia Gay Harden W. D. Richter directed Late for Dinner (1992)
Ellen Barkin W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Jonathan Banks W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Clancy Brown W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Peter Gallagher W. D. Richter directed Late for Dinner (1992)
Peter Weller W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Philip Kaufman Directed Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
John Badham Directed Dracula (1979)
Michael Beach W. D. Richter directed Late for Dinner (1992)
Jerry Weintraub Produced All Night Long (1981)
Laura Ziskin Produced Stealth (2005)
Mike Medavoy Produced Stealth (2005)
Rosalind Cash W. D. Richter directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Ross Malinger W. D. Richter directed Late for Dinner (1992)
Known for
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978
Brubaker 1980
Dracula 1979
Home for the Holidays 1995
Needful Things 1993
Also in Français
Filmography 18
24 credits on file
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 80
