Richard Donner
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).
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
(Self)
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
(Self)
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
(Self)
Davi's Way
(Self)
666: The Omen Revealed
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
(Self)
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
(Self)
Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
(Self)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
(Self - Director, Superman: The Movie)
Superman
(Man in Street (extended version) (uncredited))
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
(Self)
Scream Greats, Vol.2: Satanism and Witchcraft
(Himself)
Conspiracy Theory
(Cab Passenger (uncredited))
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
(Self)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
(Self)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
(Self)
First Works
(Self)
Life After Flash
(Self)
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
(Self)
The Curse of 'The Omen'
(Self)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
(Self - Filmmaker)
The Goonies
(Policeman (uncredited))
Valerie
(Self)
Superman II
(Man Walking by Diner (uncredited))
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
(Self (archive footage))
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
(Self)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
(Man Walking by Diner (uncredited))
Maverick
(Dealer (uncredited))
Timeline
(Man in Car (uncredited))
Inside Moves
(Man who closes the ambulance doors (uncredited))
Out Cold
(Snooty Bartender (uncredited))
16 Blocks
(Man Holding a Birthday Cake (uncredited))
Casting By
(Self)
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
(Self)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
(Self (archive footage))
E! True Hollywood Story
Eli Roth's History of Horror
(Self)
Tales from the Crypt
(Man at Bar (uncredited))
Reunited Apart
(Self)
Cursed Films
(Self - Director, The Omen)
HBO First Look
HBO First Look
(Self)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
(Inebriate)
Lassie
(Clay Braddock)
Ladyhawke
(Producer)
Ladyhawke
(Director)
The Omen
(Director)
Superman
(Director)
Lethal Weapon
(Producer)
Lethal Weapon 2
(Producer)
Lethal Weapon 2
(Director)
Lethal Weapon 3
(Director)
Lethal Weapon
(Director)
Lethal Weapon 4
(Director)
Lethal Weapon 4
(Producer)
Lethal Weapon 3
(Producer)
16 Blocks
(Director)
Radio Flyer
(Director)
The Toy
(Director)
Nightside
(Director)
The Goonies
(Director)
Conspiracy Theory
(Producer)
Conspiracy Theory
(Director)
The Goonies
(Producer)
Maverick
(Producer)
Maverick
(Director)
Assassins
(Director)
Assassins
(Producer)
Salt & Pepper
(Director)
Any Given Sunday
(Executive Producer)
Timeline
(Producer)
Timeline
(Director)
Scrooged
(Director)
Scrooged
(Producer)
X-15
(Director)
Inside Moves
(Director)
Twinky
(Director)
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
(Director)
Double Tap
(Producer)
Two-Fisted Tales
(Director)
Philbert (Three's a Crowd)
(Director)
Shadow in the Street
(Director)
Senior Year
(Director)
Lucas Tanner
(Director)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
(Executive Producer)
Lethal Weapon 5
(Story)
Delirious
(Executive Producer)
Free Willy
(Executive Producer)
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
(Executive Producer)
The Lost Boys
(Executive Producer)
The Marshal of Madrid
(Director)
Two-Fisted Tales
(Executive Producer)
X-Men
(Executive Producer)
The Omen
(Executive Producer)
Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
(Director)
Made Men
(Producer)
Bordello of Blood
(Executive Producer)
Ritual
(Producer)
W.E.I.R.D. World
(Executive Producer)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
(Director)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
(Executive Producer)
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
(Executive Producer)
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
(Producer)
Sam Cade
(Director)
The Final Conflict
(Executive Producer)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
(Director)
The Twilight Zone
(Director)
Kojak
(Director)
The Interns
(Director)
Sam Benedict
(Director)
The Eleventh Hour
(Director)
Gilligan's Island
(Director)
The Fugitive
(Director)
Perry Mason
(Director)
Route 66
(Director)
Combat!
(Director)
Felony Squad
(Director)
The Wild Wild West
(Director)
The F.B.I.
(Director)
Have Gun, Will Travel
(Director)
Sarge
(Director)
Banyon
(Director)
Get Smart
(Director)
Petrocelli
(Director)
Cannon
(Director)
Tales from the Crypt
(Director)
Ironside
(Director)
The Streets of San Francisco
(Director)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
(Director)
It's About Time
(Director)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(Director)
The Rifleman
(Director)
12 O'Clock High
(Director)
Mr. Novak
(Director)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Director)
The Lieutenant
(Director)
The Detectives
(Director)
Jericho
(Director)
Ghost Story
(Director)
Letter to Loretta
(Director)
Bronk
(Director)
Tales from the Crypt
(Executive Producer)
The Trials of O'Brien
(Director)
The Tall Man
(Director)
Free Willy
(Executive Producer)
Perversions of Science
(Executive Producer)
Bearcats!
(Director)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
(Director)
Wagon Train
(Director)