Tony Richardson

Tony Richardson

director, producer, writer

Tony Richardson was born on Jun 05, 1928 in UK. Tony Richardson's big-screen debut came with The Entertainer directed by Tony Richardson in 1960. Tony Richardson is known for Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun directed by Tony Richardson, Stefanie Powers stars as Beryl Clutterbuck Markham and Claire Bloom as Lady Delamere. Tony Richardson has got 12 awards and 17 nominations so far. The most recent award Tony Richardson achieved is SESC Film Festival, Brazil. The upcoming new movie Tony Richardson plays is Blue Sky which will be released on Sep 16, 1994.

The son of a Shipley chemist he was initially connected with the stage first with the post war Shipley Young Theatre then with the Bradford Civic Theatre where he came into contact with the Bradford born author J B Priestley who recognising his potential commissioned him to write a TV documentary. from where it was a short step to directing films. His close association with another novelist, John Osborne resulted in him directing Look Back in Ange in 1959 and The Entertainer in 1960 where the location scenes were shot in Morecambe where his parents had made their home in retirement. Following the great success of Tom Jones, particularly in America and his marriage to Vanessa Redgrave having ended he moved there and co wrote the film Dead Cert. The last film he made was The Hotel New Hampshire.

  • Birthday

    Jun 05, 1928
  • Place of Birth

    Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Known For

Awards

12 wins & 17 nominations

SESC Film Festival, Brazil
1986
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Winner - Audience Award
Academy Awards, USA
1964
Best Picture
Winner - Oscar
1964
Best Director
Winner - Oscar
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