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Michael Ritchie

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 11/28/1938 († 62, 04/16/2001) | Waukesha, Wisconsin (United States of America (USA))
Michael Brunswick Ritchie (November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001) was an American film director, producer, and writer of films with comical or satirical leanings, such as The Candidate and Smile. He scored commercial successes directing sports films, like Downhill Racer and The Bad News Bears, and Chevy Chase's Fletch comedies and Eddie Murphy's The Golden Child. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team. ...

Cool Runnings

PG

1993 | 3.5/5 | 1h 38min
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
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When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to ...

Fletch

PG

1985 | 3.4/5 | 1h 38min
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seek ...

The Golden Child

PG-13

1986 | 3.0/5 | 1h 34min
Action, Adventure, Comedy
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David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the dis ...

The Island

R

1980 | 2.7/5 | 1h 54min
Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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Movies with Michael Ritchie as Actor(1)

as Minister (voice)1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

Movies with Michael Ritchie as Crew(29)

Writing/Writer2002 Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
Directing/Director2000 The Fantasticks
Directing/Director1997 A Simple Wish
Directing/Director1994 Cops & Robbersons
Directing/Director1994 The Scout
Writing/Story1993 Cool Runnings
Directing/Director1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Directing/Director1992 Diggstown
Directing/Director1989 Fletch Lives
Directing/Director1988 The Couch Trip
Directing/Director1986 The Golden Child
Directing/Director1986 Wildcats
Directing/Director1985 Fletch
Directing/Director1983 The Survivors
Production/Producer1981 Student Bodies
Directing/Director1980 Divine Madness
Directing/Director1980 The Island
Directing/Director1979 An Almost Perfect Affair
Writing/Story1979 An Almost Perfect Affair
Production/Producer1978 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Directing/Director1977 Semi-Tough
Directing/Director1976 The Bad News Bears
Directing/Director1975 Smile
Production/Producer1975 Smile
Directing/Director1972 Prime Cut
Directing/Director1972 The Candidate
Directing/Director1969 Downhill Racer
Directing/Director1968 The Sound of Anger
Directing/Director1967 The Outsider

TV Shows/Series with Michael Ritchie as Crew(7)

Directing/Director1999 Beggars and Choosers
Directing/Director1968 The Outsider
Directing/Director1966 Felony Squad
Directing/Director1965 The Big Valley
Directing/Director1965 Run for Your Life
Directing/Director1964 Profiles in Courage
Directing/Director1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Full Name: Michael Ritchie
Born: Monday, 11/28 1938 (November) in Waukesha, Wisconsin (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 04/16 2001 (April) in Manhattan (aged: 62)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Harvard University, Berkeley High School
Other names for Michael Ritchie (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Michael Ritchie (filmmaker)"
Michael Ritchie frequently works together with these people:
Richard A. Harris (15x, Crew)
Harlan Warde (11x, Actor)
Frank Marth (9x, Actor)
Bing Russell (9x, Actor)
Richard Anderson (8x, Actor)
Nicholas Colasanto (8x, Actor)
Bill Quinn (8x, Actor)
John Harmon (8x, Actor)
Kevin Hagen (8x, Actor)
Jon Lormer (7x, Actor)
Joe Higgins (7x, Actor)
Jerry Belson (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:81580, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024