Richard Donner

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Richard Donner
General information
Name	Richard Donner
Aliases	Dick Donner; Richard D. Donner; Richard D. Schwartzberg
Roles	Producer Director
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Gender	Male
Date of birth	April 24th, 1930
Date of death
First appearance	Circle of Fear: The Concrete Captain
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Richard Donner is an American film director, film producer, and comic book writer. The production company The Donners' Company is owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner. Donner's first foray into the realm of horror was directing the 1972 episode of Circle of Fear titled "The Concrete Captain". His first major horror movie film work was directing The Omen in 1976. The film was a violent and popular supernatural thriller that starred Gregory Peck whose son turns out to be the Antichrist. Along with Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis, Donner was also one of the executive producers on the Tales from the Crypt television series for HBO.

Body of work

Film

Film	Year	Role
The Omen	1976	Director
The Lost Boys	1987	Executive producer

Television

Series	Episode	Role
Circle of Fear	The Concrete Captain	Director
Tales from the Crypt	Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone	Director
Tales from the Crypt	The Ventriloquist's Dummy	Director
Tales from the Crypt	Showdown	Director

External Links

• Richard Donner at AMG
• Richard Donner at IMDB
• Richard Donner at Wikipedia

References

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Lost Boys Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Lost Boys film franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Lost Boys crew members category.

Omen Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Omen film franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Omen crew members category.

Tales from the Crypt Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Tales from the Crypt film franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Tales from the Crypt crew members category.