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Richard Shepard(I)

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Richard Shepard
Richard Shepard is an Emmy and DGA award winning writer/director. His features include "The Perfection" "Dom Hemingway" and "The Matador". He directed 12 episodes of the Golden Globe winning HBO series "Girls", along with pilots for "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist", "Acapulco", Criminal Minds" and "Ugly Betty" for which he won the 2007 Emmy. He also directed the documentary, "I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale".
BornMarch 20, 1965
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BornMarch 20, 1965
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

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Richard Shepard (right) on the set of DOM HEMINGWAY.
Richard Shepard and Jude Law on the set of DOM HEMINGWAY.
Richard Shepard
Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demián Bichir, Richard Shepard, Emilia Clarke, and Mãdãlina Ghenea at an event for Dom Hemingway (2013)
Richard Shepard at an event for The Hunting Party (2007)
Richard Gere, James Brolin, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, and Richard Shepard at an event for The Hunting Party (2007)
Richard Shepard at an event for The Hunting Party (2007)
Barbra Streisand, James Brolin, Terrence Howard, and Richard Shepard
Barbra Streisand, James Brolin, Terrence Howard, and Richard Shepard
Barbra Streisand, James Brolin, and Richard Shepard
Terrence Howard and Richard Shepard
Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, and Richard Shepard at an event for The Matador (2005)

Known for

Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear in The Matador (2005)
The Matador
6.7
  • Director
  • 2005
Allison Williams in The Perfection (2018)
The Perfection
6.2
  • Director
  • 2018
John Cazale in I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
7.8
Short
  • Director
  • 2009
Dom Hemingway (2013)
Dom Hemingway
6.1
  • Director
  • 2013

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Director

  • Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Robin de Jesus, Dan Stevens, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Annaleigh Ashford, and Kumail Nanjiani in Welcome to Chippendales (2022)
    Welcome to Chippendales
  • Jane Levy in Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
    Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
  • Acapulco (2021)
    Acapulco
  • Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
    The Handmaid's Tale
  • Jane Levy in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
    Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
  • The Twilight Zone (2019)
    The Twilight Zone
  • Allison Williams in The Perfection (2018)
    The Perfection
  • Ella Purnell in Sweetbitter (2018)
    Sweetbitter
  • Untitled Jenny Lumet Project
  • Tokyo Project (2017)
    Tokyo Project
  • Zosia Mamet, Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke, and Allison Williams in Girls (2012)
    Girls
  • A Lot
  • Morris Chestnut in Rosewood (2015)
    Rosewood
  • Salem (2014)
    Salem
  • Dom Hemingway (2013)
    Dom Hemingway

Producer

  • Jane Levy in Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
    Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
  • Acapulco (2021)
    Acapulco
  • Jane Levy in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
    Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
  • Allison Williams in The Perfection (2018)
    The Perfection
  • Ella Purnell in Sweetbitter (2018)
    Sweetbitter
  • Untitled Jenny Lumet Project
  • Tokyo Project (2017)
    Tokyo Project
  • A Lot
  • Morris Chestnut in Rosewood (2015)
    Rosewood
  • Aimee Teegarden and Matt Lanter in Star-Crossed (2014)
    Star-Crossed
  • Salem (2014)
    Salem
  • Chi McBride and Theo James in Golden Boy (2013)
    Golden Boy
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Ringer (2011)
    Ringer
  • Criminal Minds (2005)
    Criminal Minds
  • Megan Mullally, Cheryl Hines, and Jessica St. Clair in In the Motherhood (2009)
    In the Motherhood

Writer

  • Allison Williams in The Perfection (2018)
    The Perfection
  • Dom Hemingway (2013)
    Dom Hemingway
  • The Hunting Party (2007)
    The Hunting Party
  • Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear in The Matador (2005)
    The Matador
  • Robert Patrick and Stacy Edwards in Mexico City (2000)
    Mexico City
  • Oxygen (1999)
    Oxygen
  • Alyssa Milano and Ice-T in Below Utopia (1997)
    Below Utopia
  • Mercy (1995)
    Mercy
  • Inside Out IV (1992)
    Inside Out IV
    • (segment Three On A Match)
  • Rosanna Arquette and David Bowie in The Linguini Incident (1991)
    The Linguini Incident
  • Woody Harrelson in Cool Blue (1989)
    Cool Blue
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Personal details

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    • March 20, 1965
    • New York

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    Attended NYU's film school but did not graduate because he failed his required science class.
  • Quotes
    Getting any movie made is a miracle. It's so hard. Clearly I would love more money, but control -- which you normally don't have when it's a bigger movie -- is more important to me.

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