Richard Lester

ActorDirectorProducerCrewEditor Jan 19 (died age 74) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. 1956–2016 (60 year career)

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Biography

Richard Lester (born 19 January 1932) is an American-born British-based film director notable for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.

Known For

Film

Superman II

Director

Film

A Hard Day's Night

Director

Film

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Self

Film

Superman III

Director

Film

Help!

Director

Film

The Three Musketeers

Director

Film

Robin and Marian

Director

Film

The Four Musketeers

Director

Filmography

Acting (20)

Movies (17)

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

2016

as Self

7.5

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

2014

as Self - Director

THE BEATLES in HELP!

as Self

Filmmakers in Action

as Self

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

2004

as Self

5.8

Things They Said Today

2002

as Self

The Unknown Peter Sellers

as Self

Richard Lester!

Spike

as Himself

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

1995

as Self

6.0

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

1986

as Self

The Making of 'Superman III'

1985

as Self

6.7

The Making of 'Superman II'

1983

as Self

7.6

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979

as Man Watching Hearse Pass by (uncredited)

5.0

La route

1975

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

1968

as Himself

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

1959

5.4

Television (3)

The Beatles Anthology

1995

as Self (archive footage)

8.2

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

1993

as Self - Presenter

Film '72

1971

as Self

4.7

Crew (34)

Movies (32)

Paul McCartney's Get Back

1991

Director

9.2

The Return of the Musketeers

Director

Finders Keepers

Director

Finders Keepers

Executive Producer

Superman III

Director

Superman II

Director

Cuba

Director

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Director

Robin and Marian

Director

The Ritz

Director

Royal Flash

Director

Juggernaut

Director

The Four Musketeers

Director

The Three Musketeers

Director

The Bed Sitting Room

Director

The Bed Sitting Room

Producer

Petulia

Director

How I Won the War

Director

How I Won the War

Producer

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Director

Help!

Director

The Knack... and How to Get It

Director

A Hard Day's Night

Director

The Mouse on the Moon

Director

It's Trad, Dad!

Director

Mildred

Script

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

1959

Cinematography

5.4

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

1959

Director

5.4

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

1959

Editor

5.4

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

1959

Music

5.4

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

1959

Writer

5.4

Superman Redeemed

Director

Television (2)

A Show Called Fred

1956

Director

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d

1956

Director