Richard Donner
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-04-24 (91 years old)
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
Richard Donner
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...
Acting
2009
2016
2018
as Self
2013
2013
2017
2008
as Self - Director, Superman: The Movie
1978
as Man in Street (extended version) (uncredited)
1986
1997
as Cab Passenger (uncredited)
2001
1982
2001
1989
as Self
2017
as Self
2019
2005
as Self
2014
as Self - Filmmaker
1985
as Policeman (uncredited)
2019
as Self
1980
as Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Dealer (uncredited)
2001
as Snooty Bartender (uncredited)
2006
as Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)
1980
as Man who closes the ambulance doors (uncredited)
2006
as Man Holding a Birthday Cake (uncredited)
2003
as Man in Car (uncredited)
2012
as Self
2024
as Self (archive footage)
2006
2001
as Self
Production
1985
as Producer
1985
as Director
1976
as Director
1978
as Director
1987
as Director
1992
as Producer
1992
as Director
1998
as Director
1998
as Producer
1989
as Producer
1989
as Director
1987
as Producer
2006
as Director
1992
as Director
1982
as Director
1973
as Director
1985
as Producer
1985
as Director
1997
as Director
1997
as Producer
1994
as Producer
1994
as Director
1995
as Director
1995
as Producer
1968
as Director
1999
as Executive Producer
2003
as Producer
2003
as Director
1988
as Producer
1988
as Director
1961
as Director
1980
as Director
1970
as Director
1975
as Director
1997
as Producer
1992
as Director
1963
as Director
1975
as Director
1974
as Director
1974
as Director
1995
as Executive Producer
1991
as Executive Producer
1993
as Executive Producer
1995
as Executive Producer
1987
as Executive Producer
1972
as Director
1992
as Executive Producer
2000
as Executive Producer
1995
as Executive Producer
1999
as Producer
2002
as Producer
1996
as Executive Producer
2006
as Director
2009
as Executive Producer
1997
as Executive Producer
1999
1972
as Director
1981
as Executive Producer
1980
as Director of Photography
1995
as Executive Producer
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