Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 24, 1930
Died
Jul 05, 2021
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Credits
133 titles
Richard Donner
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Donner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self (archive footage)
Superpowered: The DC Story
Self (archive footage)
Reunited Apart
Self
Cursed Films
Self - Director, The Omen
Valerie
Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Davi's Way
Self
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
Life After Flash
Self
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Filmmaker
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Casting By
Self
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Self
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Self (archive footage)
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
Self
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Executive Producer
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Director, Superman: The Movie
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Superman II: Restoring the Vision
Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
16 Blocks
Man Holding a Birthday Cake (uncredited)
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Self
Timeline
Man in Car (uncredited)
Ritual
Producer
Out Cold
Snooty Bartender (uncredited)
The Omen Legacy
Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
666: The Omen Revealed
X-Men
Executive Producer
Any Given Sunday
Executive Producer
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Producer
Made Men
Producer
Lethal Weapon 4
Director
Double Tap
Producer
Conspiracy Theory
Cab Passenger (uncredited)
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Executive Producer
Perversions of Science
Executive Producer
E! True Hollywood Story
Bordello of Blood
Executive Producer
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
Assassins
Director
W.E.I.R.D. World
Executive Producer
The Omen
Executive Producer
The Omen
Executive Producer