His early years he worked with Walt Disney doing animations in the late forties. In 1950, he co-directed and edited The Titan: Story of Michelangelo which won an Academy Award for documentary feature in 1950. In 1951, he moved to Saudi Arabia to produce a documentary on the history of the Arab people. In 1956, this documentary was shown on the national TV and around the world called Island Of Allah.[1] In 1969, Richard Lyford returned to the Persian Gulf to produce a 93 minute movie about a young Arab pearl diver called "Hamad And The Pirates" which came out in 1971. -Wikipedia
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
(Director)
Shining Rails
(Director)
Island of Allah
(Director)
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
(Editor)
7 Wise Dwarfs
(Director)
Miyah: A Story of Water
(Director)
Hamad and the Pirates
(Director)
Hamad and the Pirates
(Story)
Hamad and the Pirates
(Cinematography)
Ritual of the Dead
(Director)
Ritual of the Dead
(Writer)
The Scalpel
(Director)
The Scalpel
(Writer)
Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West
(Director)
Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon
(Director)
As the Earth Turns
(Screenplay)
As the Earth Turns
(Director)
As the Earth Turns
(Director of Photography)
War Department Report
(Editor)
Seems There Was This Moose
(Director of Photography)
An Otter in the Family
(Director)