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W.D. Richter

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  • Producer
  • Director
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W.D. Richter was born on 7 December 1945 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Stealth (2005) and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984).
BornDecember 7, 1945
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 5 nominations total

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Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1978
Stealth (2005)
Stealth
5.1
  • Writer
  • 2005
Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Weller, and John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
6.2
  • Producer(produced by)
  • 1984
Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, and James Hong in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Big Trouble in Little China
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1986

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Writer

  • Big Trouble in Little China
    • characters
    • In Production
  • Stealth (2005)
    Stealth
    • written by
    • 2005
  • Big Trouble in Little China: Extended Ending (2001)
    Big Trouble in Little China: Extended Ending
    • adaptation
    • Video
    • 2001
  • Big Trouble in Little China: Deleted Scenes (2001)
    Big Trouble in Little China: Deleted Scenes
    • adaptation
    • Video
    • 2001
  • Holly Hunter in Home for the Holidays (1995)
    Home for the Holidays
    • screenplay
    • 1995
  • Needful Things (1993)
    Needful Things
    • screenplay
    • 1993
  • Big Trouble in Little China (1987)
    Big Trouble in Little China
    • based on the film screenplay by
    • Video Game
    • 1987
  • Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, and James Hong in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
    Big Trouble in Little China
    • adaptation
    • 1986
  • The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
    The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
    • re-writes (uncredited)
    • 1981
  • Hard Feelings (1981)
    Hard Feelings
    • screenplay by
    • 1981
  • Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid, and Barbra Streisand in All Night Long (1981)
    All Night Long
    • written by
    • 1981
  • Robert Redford in Brubaker (1980)
    Brubaker
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1980
  • Frank Langella and Kate Nelligan in Dracula (1979)
    Dracula
    • screenplay
    • 1979
  • Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    • screenplay by
    • 1978
  • Nickelodeon (1976)
    Nickelodeon
    • written by (as W. D. Richter)
    • 1976
  • Peeper (1975)
    Peeper
    • Writer
    • 1975

Producer

  • Marcia Gay Harden and Brian Wimmer in Late for Dinner (1991)
    Late for Dinner
    • producer
    • 1991
  • Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Weller, and John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
    • producer (produced by)
    • 1984
  • James Caan and Sally Kellerman in Slither (1973)
    Slither
    • associate producer
    • 1973

Director

  • Marcia Gay Harden and Brian Wimmer in Late for Dinner (1991)
    Late for Dinner
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Weller, and John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
    • Director (directed by)
    • 1984

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    • W. D. Richter
  • Born
    • December 7, 1945
    • New Britain, Connecticut, USA
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