Richard Donner
Directing
Born April 24, 1930 in 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 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.
Filmography
Lethal Weapon 5
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
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: 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
Out Cold
Snooty Bartender (uncredited)
The Omen Legacy
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
666: The Omen Revealed
X-Men
Any Given Sunday
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Made Men
Lethal Weapon 4
Double Tap
Conspiracy Theory
Cab Passenger (uncredited)
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Perversions of Science
E! True Hollywood Story
Bordello of Blood
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
Assassins
W.E.I.R.D. World
The Omen
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Free Willy
Maverick
Dealer (uncredited)
Free Willy
HBO First Look
Lethal Weapon 3
Radio Flyer
Two-Fisted Tales
Delirious
First Works
Self
Lethal Weapon 2
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
Self
Tales from the Crypt
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Scrooged
The Lost Boys
Lethal Weapon
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
Himself
Scream Greats, Vol.2: Satanism and Witchcraft
Himself
The Goonies
Policeman (uncredited)
The Making Of The Goonies
Self
Ladyhawke
The Toy
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
The Final Conflict
Inside Moves
Man who closes the ambulance doors (uncredited)
Superman II
Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)
Superman
Man in Street (extended version) (uncredited)
The Omen
Bronk
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
A Shadow in the Streets
Petrocelli
Sons and Daughters
Lucas Tanner
Senior Year
Kojak
Nightside
The Streets of San Francisco
Banyon
Ghost Story
The Marshal of Madrid
Sam Cade
Sarge
Bearcats!
Cannon
The Interns
Twinky
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Salt & Pepper
Ironside
Jericho
Felony Squad
It's About Time
The F.B.I.
Get Smart
The Trials of O'Brien
The Wild Wild West
Gilligan's Island
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Inebriate
12 O'Clock High
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Mr. Novak
The Fugitive
The Lieutenant
Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
The Eleventh Hour
Combat!
Sam Benedict
Grover Stann
X-15
Route 66
The Tall Man
The Detectives
The Twilight Zone
The Rifleman
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lassie
Clay Braddock
Letter to Loretta