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William Richert is a movie director, screenwriter and producer who has also acted in the movies and TV. Born in Florida in 1942, he moved to Los Angeles when he was 17 and got his start making documentaries. His first feature film as a director was the JFK-assassination satire Winter Kills, a troubled production that was released to poor box office in 1979... See full bio »

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1942 in Florida, USA

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With River Phoenix on the set of "JIMMY REARDON" or 'AREN'T YOU EVEN GONNA KISS ME GOODBYE?"

William Richert

William Richert

William Richert

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My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)

The Client

The Client (1994)

Winter Kills

Winter Kills (1979)

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Actor (16 titles)

2012 Here Comes Midnight (short)
Johnny Tondu

2001 Echos of Enlightenment
Dave The Writer

2001 Manic
Diego

1999 ATF (TV movie)
Patrick McKennan

1998 Millennium (TV series)
Tom Coty

– Exegesis (1998) … Tom Coty

1998/II The Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas / Count Aramis

1995 The Marshal (TV series)
Leander Booth

– Snow Orchid (1995) … Leander Booth

1995 The Random Factor
Alex O'Keefe

1995 Paradise Framed

1994 The Client
Harry Bono

1991 My Own Private Idaho
Bob Pigeon

1988 A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
Lisa's Father (uncredited)

1980 All God's Children (TV movie)

1980 The American Success Company

1978 Flying High (TV series)
Nick

– The Vanishing Point (1978) … Nick (as William John Richert)

1974 Law and Disorder
Desk Sergeant

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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos -- NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO AND VILMOS.
The lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema. As film students in Hungary, Laszlo and Vilmos took to the war-torn streets of Budapest to shoot footage of the Russian invasion, and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, the two friends fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera.

After working on a string of low-budget horror and biker movies, both men soon rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's, shooting the films that defined what came to be known as the American New Wave: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped create a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories.

“When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them."
– Leonard Maltin

Told through interviews with Laszlo (who died in 2007) and Vilmos, as well as directors including Rafelson, Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Graeme Clifford, Richard Donner, William Richert, Mark Rydell, composer John Williams and actors such as Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Sandra Bullock, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper and Sharon Stone, NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY is an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road.

Winter Kills -- Open-ended Trailer from Avco Embassy

My Own Private Idaho -- The movie is set in Portland. Many local characters are included as both personalities and actors.

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William John Richert