Richard Donner

ActorProducerDirector Apr 24 (died age 91) Bronx, New York, USA 1953–2024 (71 year career)

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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,…

Known For

Film

X-Men

Executive Producer

Film

The Goonies

Policeman (uncredited)

Film

Lethal Weapon

Director

Film

Superman

Man in Street (extended version) (uncredited)

Film

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Executive Producer

Film

The Twilight Zone

Director

Film

Lethal Weapon 2

Director

Film

The Omen

Director

Filmography

Acting (50)

Movies (40)

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

2024

as Self (archive footage)

8.1

Valerie

2019

as Self

1.8

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019

as Self

6.8

Davi's Way

2018

as Self

Life After Flash

2017

as Self

5.7

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

2017

as Self

5.4

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

2016

as Self

6.9

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

2014

as Self - Filmmaker

7.3

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

2013

as Self

5.7

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

as Self

Casting By

as Self

Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'

2012

as Self

6.7

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

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

2010

as Self

8.0

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009

as Self

5.9

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

2008

as Self - Director, Superman: The Movie

6.5

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006

as Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)

7.4

16 Blocks

2006

as Man Holding a Birthday Cake (uncredited)

6.4

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

2006

as Self

7.5

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

2006

as Self

6.0

Superman II: Restoring the Vision

2006

as Self

The Curse of 'The Omen'

2005

as Self

6.0

Timeline

2003

as Man in Car (uncredited)

5.7

Out Cold

2001

as Snooty Bartender (uncredited)

5.9

The Omen Legacy

2001

as Self

7.0

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

2001

as Self

6.8

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

2001

as Self

7.8

666: The Omen Revealed

2000

5.3

Conspiracy Theory

1997

as Cab Passenger (uncredited)

6.6

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith

1995

6.0

Maverick

1994

as Dealer (uncredited)

6.9

First Works

1989

as Self

The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson

1987

as Himself

Scream Greats, Vol.2: Satanism and Witchcraft

1986

as Himself

4.0

The Goonies

1985

as Policeman (uncredited)

7.5

The Making Of The Goonies

1985

as Self

6.7

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982

as Self

6.4

Superman II

1980

as Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)

6.7

Inside Moves

1980

as Man who closes the ambulance doors (uncredited)

6.3

Superman

1978

as Man in Street (extended version) (uncredited)

7.2

Television (10)

Superpowered: The DC Story

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Reunited Apart

as Self

Cursed Films

as Self - Director, The Omen

7.2

Eli Roth's History of Horror

2018

as Self

6.5

E! True Hollywood Story

HBO First Look

Tales from the Crypt

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

8.0

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

as Inebriate

Sam Benedict

as Grover Stann

Lassie

as Clay Braddock

Crew (104)

Movies (59)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

2009

Executive Producer

6.3

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Director

16 Blocks

Director

Timeline

Director

Timeline

Producer

Ritual

Producer

X-Men

Executive Producer

Any Given Sunday

Executive Producer

Made Men

Producer

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Producer

Lethal Weapon 4

Director

Lethal Weapon 4

Producer

Conspiracy Theory

Director

Conspiracy Theory

Producer

Double Tap

Producer

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

Executive Producer

Bordello of Blood

Executive Producer

Assassins

Director

Assassins

Producer

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995

Executive Producer

6.9

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Executive Producer

The Omen

Executive Producer

W.E.I.R.D. World

Executive Producer

Maverick

Director

Maverick

Producer

Free Willy

Executive Producer

Lethal Weapon 3

Director

Lethal Weapon 3

Producer

Radio Flyer

Director

Two-Fisted Tales

Director

Two-Fisted Tales

Executive Producer

Delirious

Executive Producer

Lethal Weapon 2

Director

Lethal Weapon 2

Producer

Scrooged

Director

Scrooged

Producer

Lethal Weapon

Director

Lethal Weapon

Producer

The Lost Boys

Executive Producer

The Goonies

Director

The Goonies

Producer

Ladyhawke

Director

Ladyhawke

Producer

The Toy

Director

The Final Conflict

Executive Producer

Inside Moves

Director

Superman

Director

The Omen

Director

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975

Director

5.3

A Shadow in the Streets

1975

Director

2.0

Lucas Tanner

1974

Director

Senior Year

1974

Director

Nightside

1973

Director

The Marshal of Madrid

1972

Director

Sam Cade

1972

Director

Twinky

Director

Salt & Pepper

Director

Philbert (Three's a Crowd)

Director

X-15

Director

Television (45)

Perversions of Science

Executive Producer

Free Willy

Executive Producer

Tales from the Crypt

Director

Tales from the Crypt

Executive Producer

Bronk

Director

Petrocelli

Director

Sons and Daughters

Director

Kojak

1973

Director

7.1

The Streets of San Francisco

Director

Ghost Story

Director

Banyon

Director

Cannon

Director

Sarge

Director

Bearcats!

Director

The Interns

Director

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Director

Ironside

Director

Felony Squad

Director

Jericho

Director

It's About Time

Director

The F.B.I.

Director

Get Smart

Director

The Wild Wild West

Director

The Trials of O'Brien

Director

Gilligan's Island

Director

12 O'Clock High

Director

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

Director

The Fugitive

Director

Mr. Novak

Director

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

Director

The Lieutenant

Director

Combat!

Director

Sam Benedict

Director

The Eleventh Hour

Director

Route 66

Director

The Tall Man

Director

The Twilight Zone

Director

The Detectives

Director

The Rifleman

Director

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Director

Perry Mason

Director

Have Gun, Will Travel

Director

Wagon Train

Director

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Director

Letter to Loretta

Director