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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 (1990). 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. The 1.5 million ... See full bio »

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Known For

Color Out of Space
Color Out of Space Writer
(2019)
Hardware
Hardware Writer
(1990)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau Writer
(1996)
Dust Devil
Dust Devil Writer
(1992)
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Filmography

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 2019 Color Out of Space (written by)
 2017 Replace
 2015 Vallonden som byggde gud (Video short) (short story)
 2013 L'autre monde (Documentary) (writer)
 2011 The Theatre Bizarre (screenplay - segment "The Mother Of Toads")
 2009 Imago mortis (screenplay collaboration)
 2006 The Sea of Perdition (Short)
 2006 The Abandoned (screenplay)
 2006 The Sun's Gone Dim (Video short)
 2005 How to Make a Freak (Video documentary short) (interview questions)
 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)
 1988 The Law and Harry McGraw (TV Series) (teleplay by - 1 episode)
- Gilhooley's Is History (1988) ... (teleplay by)
 1983 Rites of Passage (Short) (written by)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed music video "The Body" for Public Image Ltd. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews | See more »

Official Sites:

Facebook | Official Blog | See more »

Alternate Names:

R Stanley

Height:

5' 10¾" (1.8 m)

Parents:

Miller, Penny
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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:

The great grandson of the explorer Henry M. Stanley, Richard was inspired to make a film from H. G. Wells's story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau", not only because it appealed to him on its own merits but because Wells had claimed that Joseph Conrad's character, Kurz, in his novel "Heart of Darkness" was based on Dr. Moreau, and Conrad, in his own defense, claimed that Kurz was based on Henry M. ... See more »

Trademark:

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

Star Sign:

Sagittarius
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