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Richard Heus

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Richard Heus has produced many television series and feature films. He won an Emmy for the mini-series "Taken" and a Peabody Award for Serving in Silence. Born in Paterson, NJ and raised on Long Island, NY, Heus graduated from Franklin and Marshall College and completed his masters degree in Communications at Stanford University.
BornAugust 25, 1949
BornAugust 25, 1949
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Joel Edgerton, William Jackson Harper, Aaron Pierre, and Thuso Mbedu in The Underground Railroad (2021)
    The Underground Railroad
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Rufus Sewell in The Man in the High Castle (2015)
    The Man in the High Castle
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys in The Americans (2013)
    The Americans
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Producer
    America Ferrera in Ugly Betty (2006)
    Ugly Betty
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    Producer



    • Dope Thief (2025)
      Dope Thief
      7.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Joel Edgerton, William Jackson Harper, Aaron Pierre, and Thuso Mbedu in The Underground Railroad (2021)
      The Underground Railroad
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Rufus Sewell in The Man in the High Castle (2015)
      The Man in the High Castle
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015–2019
    • Battle Creek (2015)
      Battle Creek
      7.2
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2015
    • Luis Antonio Ramos, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Lorraine Bruce, Matt Long, Summer Bishil, and Stephen Louis Grush in Lucky 7 (2013)
      Lucky 7
      5.2
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2013–2014
    • Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys in The Americans (2013)
      The Americans
      8.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2013–2014
    • The Blacklist (2013)
      The Blacklist
      7.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2013–2014
    • Laura Linney in The Big C (2010)
      The Big C
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2011–2013
    • Modern Love
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • co-executive producer
      • 2012
    • Dana Delany in Body of Proof (2011)
      Body of Proof
      7.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2011
    • America Ferrera in Ugly Betty (2006)
      Ugly Betty
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2007–2010
    • Mode After Hours (2008)
      Mode After Hours
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Day Break (2006)
      Day Break
      8.0
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2006–2007
    • In Justice (2006)
      In Justice
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2006
    • Matt Dallas in Kyle XY (2006)
      Kyle XY
      7.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2006

    Director



    • Rufus Sewell in The Man in the High Castle (2015)
      The Man in the High Castle
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Laura Linney in The Big C (2010)
      The Big C
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • America Ferrera in Ugly Betty (2006)
      Ugly Betty
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009–2010
    • Mode After Hours (2008)
      Mode After Hours
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Kyle Chandler and Shanesia Davis in Early Edition (1996)
      Early Edition
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1998

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Tom Berenger in Peacemakers (2003)
      Peacemakers
      7.9
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2003
    • Hostage Rescue Team
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • second unit director
      • 2001
    • Dina Meyer and Costas Mandylor in Secret Agent Man (1998)
      Secret Agent Man
      5.9
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2000
    • Race the Sun (1996)
      Race the Sun
      5.4
      • second unit director
      • 1996

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    • Born
      • August 25, 1949
      • Paterson, New Jersey, USA

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      Producer and Filmmaker lived and worked in Los Angeles as one of the Executive Producers on Ugly Betty.

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