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Richards rose to prominence during the 1960's advertising revolution, becoming a world-renowned photographer and television commercial director, with clients including Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, Polaroid, General Motors, Hertz, Pepsi, etc. His celebrated work has won every major industry award including many Clio's, Gold Medal Awards and the Cannes Lion for the best worldwide commercial and dozens of New York Art Directors Awards. In the New Yorker, Pauline Kael called him "a photographer who became a whiz at TV commercials [before directing movies]."
His illustrious film career started with his first movie, Culpepper Cattle Company at 20th Century-Fox, which became a cult classic and earned him the Screenwriter's Annual Story Award given by the Writer's Guild of America. He went on to direct the well-received Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins for Warner Brothers and Farewell, My Lovely for Embassy Pictures, which garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and received worldwide acclaim. His filmography also includes, March of Die for Colombia Pictures, Death Valley for Universal, Man, Woman and Child for Paramount Pictures, and Heat. Richards optioned, developed and produced Tootsie, which earned him an Academy Award Nomination and won him the Golden Globe for Best Picture.- Dick Richards is known for The Magic Carpet (1956).
- Dick Richards is known for 23 Minutes with Nelson Sullivan (1989).
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- Dick Richards is known for Her Kind of Man (1946) and One Year in Korea (1951).
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Dick Richards is known for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994).- Dick Richards is known for Tempted by Necessity (1912).
- Dick Richards was born on 12 February 1924 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Still Rockin' (2022), The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2012) and Kings of Rock 'n' Roll (2008). He was married to Shirley Kukbaska and Elizabeth Kurtz. He died on 12 July 2019 in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA.
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Dick Richards is known for Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016).- Dick Richards is known for The American Music Show (1981).
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Dick Richards is known for The Grasshopper (1970), Girl Fever (1961) and The Ford Television Theatre (1952).- Dick Richards is known for Jeremy Elbertson ft. Pac-Man: I Gotta Feeling (2020).