
Richard Donner
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Biography
Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American film director, producer, and occasional comic book writer. The production company The Donners' Company was owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner. After directing the horror film "The Omen" (1976), Donner became famous for the creation of the first modern superhero film, "Superman" (1978), starring Christopher Reeve. The influence of this film eventually helped establish the superhero concept as a respected film genre. Donner went on to direct such enduringly popular titles as "The Goonies" (1985), "Scrooged" (1988) and the "Lethal Weapon" series (1987-98).
Known For

E! True Hollywood Story

Tales from the Crypt

Lassie

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Sam Benedict

HBO First Look

Superpowered: The DC Story

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Superman

Maverick

Superman II

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

The Goonies

Timeline

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
Production Credits

Perry Mason

Lethal Weapon 4

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Sarge

The Trials of O'Brien

The Fugitive

Maverick

Route 66

The Lost Boys

The Lieutenant

Tales from the Crypt

Scrooged

Banyon

Free Willy

The Twilight Zone

Free Willy

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Petrocelli

Letter to Loretta

Assassins

Sam Benedict

Mr. Novak

Perversions of Science

Jericho

Timeline

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

Superman II

Any Given Sunday

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Ironside

The Eleventh Hour

Lethal Weapon

The Tall Man

Get Smart

Ghost Story

Lethal Weapon 3

The Omen

The Interns

The Wild Wild West

Wagon Train

Lethal Weapon 2

Have Gun, Will Travel

Bearcats!

Bronk

X-Men

Kojak

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Superman

The Goonies

Cannon

The F.B.I.
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