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Richard Stanley is the award-winning South African-born filmmaker, who made a name of himself with his first feature film, the sci-fi movie Hardware. A low budget movie about a mad-dog android loose in an apartment was released in 1990. Critics slammed it as a Terminator rip-off, yet the film became a financial success... See full bio »

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in Fishhook, South Africa
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2013 The Profane Exhibit (segment "Coltan") (filming)
 
2012 L'autre monde (documentary) (post-production)
 
2011 The Theatre Bizarre (segment "The Mother Of Toads")
 
2006 The Sea of Perdition (short)
 
2003 Europe - 99euro-films 2 (segment "Children of the Kingdom")
 
2002 The White Darkness (documentary)
 
2001 The Secret Glory (documentary)
 
1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau ( - uncredited; fired, replaced by John Frankenheimer)
 
1994 Brave
 
1993 Fields of the Nephilim: Revelations (video short) (segment "Preacher Man" and "Blue Water")
 
1992 Dust Devil
 
1990 Hardware
 
1990 Voice of the Moon (documentary short) (as R Stanley)
 
1985 Incidents in an Expanding Universe
 
1983 Rites of Passage (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (15 titles)
???? High Rise (screenplay) (pre-production)
 
???? I Am Legion (screenplay) (pre-production)
 
2012 L'autre monde (documentary) (post-production)
 
2011 The Theatre Bizarre (screenplay / segment "The Mother Of Toads")
 
2009 Imago mortis (script collaborator)
 
2006 The Sea of Perdition (short)
 
2006 The Abandoned (screenplay)
 
2003 Europe - 99euro-films 2 (segment Children of the Kingdom)
 
2001 The Secret Glory (documentary)
 
1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau (screenplay)
 
1994 Brave
 
1992 Dust Devil (written by)
 
1990 Hardware (written by)
 
1985 Incidents in an Expanding Universe
 
1983 Rites of Passage (short) (written by)
 
Show ShowActor (10 titles)
2009 That Deadwood Feeling (video)
The Actor
 
2006 Vampire Diary
Spanish Rapist
 
2003 Europe - 99euro-films 2
(segment "Children of the Kingdom")
 
1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau
Melting bulldog (uncredited)
 
1995 Twelve Monkeys
Man in Transit Lounge (uncredited)
 
1994 Brave
Man in the table (uncredited)
 
1992 Dust Devil
Transforming Dust Devil in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
 
1990 Hardware
Talking elevator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1985 Incidents in an Expanding Universe
Clean Shaven Pretentious Filmmaker/Greasy Beggar/Green Army Gunner/3-Eyed Mutant/Green Army Flag Bearer/Alien Vendor
 
1983 Rites of Passage (short)
Primordial Man
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2003 Europe - 99euro-films 2 (line producer - segment "Children of the Kingdom")
 
2002 The White Darkness (documentary) (producer)
 
2001 The Secret Glory (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1992 Dust Devil (post-production financing: final cut)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1990 Voice of the Moon (documentary short) (additional camera operator)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2012 The Mercenary (video short) (special thanks)
 
2006 36 Steps (spiritual support)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2013 Jodorowsky's Dune (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Raiders of the Lost Past (TV series documentary)
Himself - Anthropologist
– Himmler and the Holy Grail (2012) … Himself - Anthropologist
 
2009 Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 No Flesh Shall Be Spared (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Secret Glory (documentary)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
2001 In the Belly of the Beast (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Split Screen (TV series)
Himself
– Christopher Walken Cooks (1999) … Himself
 

Related Videos

The Island of Dr. Moreau -- After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that it's inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor. Hardware -- Open-ended Trailer from Buena Vista Pictures Vampire Diary -- Official Movie Trailer.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1988) Directed the music video "Superfly Guy" for the group S Express. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

R Stanley

Height:

5' 10¾" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I do not feel that at any time it was ever my decision to make any of the movies I made, although I don't regret them. See more »

Trivia:

Wrote a script called "Nemesis" (inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft poem with the same title) about a group of robbers who break into the vault of a very old Dutch bank to get some diamonds, but end up trapped inside the building fighting a demon who possessed one of them. The project was planned as a starring vehicle for Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sam Raimi was looking to direct it in the 90s... See more »

Trademark:

Typical elements of his movies are extreme violence, occultism, oneiricism and visionariness. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio