Richard Donner

Richard Donner

Birthday: 1930-04-24

Deathday: 2021-07-05

Place of birth: Bronx, New York, USA

Also known as: Richard D. Schwartzberg, Richard D. Donner, R.D. Donner, Dick Donner, Richard Donald Schwartzberg

imdb_id: nm0001149

Biography:

Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930–July 5, 2021) was an American film director and producer. 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 50-year career 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Donner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'

Score: 8.0

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

Score: 7.8

The Goonies

Score: 7.5

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

Score: 7.5

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Score: 7.4

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Score: 7.3

Superman

Score: 7.2

Casting By

Score: 7.1

The Omen Legacy

Score: 7.0

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

Score: 7.0

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Score: 6.9

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

Score: 6.9

Maverick

Score: 6.9

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Score: 6.8

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

Score: 6.8

Superman II

Score: 6.7

Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'

Score: 6.7

Conspiracy Theory

Score: 6.6

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

Score: 6.5

16 Blocks

Score: 6.4

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Score: 6.4

Inside Moves

Score: 6.4

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

Score: 6.0

The Curse of 'The Omen'

Score: 6.0

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith

Score: 6.0

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Score: 5.9

Out Cold

Score: 5.9

Timeline

Score: 5.7

Life After Flash

Score: 5.7

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Score: 5.7

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

Score: 5.4

666: The Omen Revealed

Score: 5.3

Scream Greats, Vol.2: Satanism and Witchcraft

Score: 4.0

Valerie

Score: 2.0

Superman II: Restoring the Vision

Score: 0.0

First Works

Score: 0.0

Davi's Way

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

E! True Hollywood Story

Score: 8.1

Tales from the Crypt

Score: 8.0

Superpowered: The DC Story

Score: 7.4

Cursed Films

Score: 7.3

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Score: 7.2

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Score: 6.4

Lassie

Score: 6.1

Sam Benedict

Score: 6.0

Reunited Apart

Score: 5.5

HBO First Look

Score: 4.9

HBO First Look

Score: 4.9