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W.D. Richter

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 12/07/1945 (78) | New Britain, Connecticut (United States of America (USA))
Walter Duch Richter (born December 7, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He is best known for adapting Invasion of the Body Snatchers, directing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and co-writing Big Trouble in Little China. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for W.D. Richter

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Movies with W.D. Richter as Actor(2)

Movies with W.D. Richter as Crew(20)

Writing/Writer2005 Stealth
Writing/Screenplay1995 Home for the Holidays
Writing/Screenplay1993 Needful Things
Directing/Director1991 Late for Dinner
Production/Producer1991 Late for Dinner
Writing/Adaptation1986 Big Trouble in Little China
Writing/Writer1982 Hard Feelings
Crew/Additional Writing1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Writing/Writer1981 All Night Long
Writing/Screenplay1980 Brubaker
Writing/Story1980 Brubaker
Writing/Screenplay1979 Dracula
Writing/Screenplay1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Writing/Writer1976 Nickelodeon
Writing/Screenplay1975 Peeper
Writing/Writer1974 Slither
Production/Associate Producer1973 Slither
Writing/Writer1973 Slither

Full Name: W. Richter
Born: Friday, 12/07 1945 (December) in New Britain, Connecticut (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 78 years + 112 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Dartmouth College
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for W.D. Richter (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"W. D. Richter"
W.D. Richter frequently works together with these people:
Jeff Goldblum (3x, Actor)
John Carpenter (3x, Crew)
James Lew (3x, Actor)
Ron Shelton (3x, Crew)
Terry Liebling (3x, Crew)
Richard Hazard (3x, Crew)
Jim Lau (3x, Actor)
J. Michael Riva (3x, Crew)
Gary Daigler (2x, Crew)
Robert Ito (2x, Actor)
Paul Curtis (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:28739, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024