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Richard Donner
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American film director (1930–2021)
Film & TV
Bronx, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story — Self (archive footage)2024
- Superpowered: The DC Story — Self (archive footage)2023
- Reunited Apart — Self2020
- Cursed Films — Self - Director, The Omen2020
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film — Self2019
- Valerie — Self2019
- Davi's Way — Self2018
- Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self2018
- Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies — Self2017
- Life After Flash — Self2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard Donald Schwartzberg , ( 1930-04-24 ) April 24, 1930, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- July 5, 2021 (2021-07-05) (aged 91), West Hollywood, California , U.S.
- Other names
- Richard D. Donner R. D. Donner
- Alma mater
- New York University
- Occupations
- Film director film producer television producer
- Years active
- 1957–2021
- Notable work
- The Omen Superman The Goonies Lethal Weapon Scrooged The Donners' Company
- Spouse
- Lauren Shuler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- West Hollywood
- Spouse
- Lauren Shuler Donner
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- California State University, Northridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- film production
- Image
- Richard Donner (4505771045) (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- Commons category
- Richard Donner
- date of birth
- 1930-04-24
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Richard Donner
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-07-05
- name in native language
- Richard Donner
- birth name
- Richard Donald Schwartzberg
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
- cause of death
- heart failure
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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