
Richard Donner
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Biography
Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American film director, producer, and occasional comic book writer. The production company The Donners' Company was owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner. After directing the horror film "The Omen" (1976), Donner became famous for the creation of the first modern superhero film, "Superman" (1978), starring Christopher Reeve. The influence of this film eventually helped establish the superhero concept as a respected film genre. Donner went on to direct such enduringly popular titles as "The Goonies" (1985), "Scrooged" (1988) and the "Lethal Weapon" series (1987-98).
Known For

E! True Hollywood Story

Tales from the Crypt

Lassie

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

Sam Benedict

HBO First Look

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Superman

Maverick

Superman II

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

Timeline

The Goonies

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

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

Superman II

The Eleventh Hour

Superman

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Lethal Weapon 2

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

Free Willy

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Omen

The Trials of O'Brien

The Lost Boys

Maverick

X-Men

Free Willy

Ghost Story

Kojak

Sam Benedict

The F.B.I.

Wagon Train

Bearcats!

Sarge

Perry Mason

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Wild Wild West

The Twilight Zone

Cannon

Get Smart

Petrocelli

Timeline

The Interns

Jericho

Tales from the Crypt

Scrooged

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Goonies

The Tall Man

Lethal Weapon 4

The Fugitive

Assassins

Ironside

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Letter to Loretta

Banyon

Perversions of Science

The Lieutenant

Bronk

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

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

Any Given Sunday

Mr. Novak

Route 66
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