Richard Donner
Directing
Born 1930-04-24
Died 2021-07-05
Bronx, New York, USA
133 credits
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 1
Awards
Won 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation 1 won
- 1979 Best Dramatic Presentation Won Superman
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Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) 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.
Donner began his career in 1957 as a television director. In the 1960s, he directed episodes of the series The Rifleman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Fugitive, The Twilight Zone, The Banana Splits, and many others. Donner made his film debut with the low-budget aviation drama X-15 in 1961, but had his critical and commercial breakthrough with the horror film The Omen in 1976. He directed the landmark superhero film Superman in 1978, which provided an inspiration for the fantasy film genre to eventually gain artistic respectability and commercial dominance. Donner later went on to direct films in the 1980s such as The Goonies and Scrooged, while reinvigorating the buddy cop film genre with the Lethal Weapon series.
Donner and his wife, Lauren, owned a production company, The Donners' Company, which is most successful for producing the Free Willy and X-Men film franchises. Donner also produced Tales from the Crypt and co-wrote several comic books for Superman publisher DC Comics. In 2000, Donner received the President's Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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Filmography
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Directing
47 credits
Perry Mason
The Fugitive
Ironside
The Rifleman
Wagon Train
The Wild Wild West
The Twilight Zone
Get Smart
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Tales from the Crypt
Cannon
Combat!
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The F.B.I.
Route 66
Lethal Weapon 2
The Goonies
Kojak
Superman
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
12 O'Clock High
Gilligan's Island
Lethal Weapon
The Streets of San Francisco
The Detectives
Felony Squad
Petrocelli
Lethal Weapon 4
Lethal Weapon 3
Mr. Novak
Ghost Story
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Tall Man
Sam Benedict
The Lieutenant
The Omen
Ladyhawke
Bronk
Conspiracy Theory
Timeline
The Eleventh Hour
16 Blocks
Assassins
Maverick
Scrooged
Banyon
Producing
18 credits
Tales from the Crypt
Lethal Weapon 2
The Goonies
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 4
Lethal Weapon 3
The Lost Boys
Ladyhawke
Free Willy
Conspiracy Theory
Timeline
Perversions of Science
Any Given Sunday
Assassins
Bordello of Blood
Maverick
The Final Conflict
Scrooged
Acting
16 credits
Lassie
Tales from the Crypt
The Goonies
Superman
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
HBO First Look
Superman II
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Superpowered: The DC Story
Sam Benedict
Reunited Apart
Conspiracy Theory
Timeline
16 Blocks
Maverick
Cursed Films
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