Tony Richardson

Director

About

Also Known As

Cecil Antonio Richardson

Birth Place

Yorkshire, England, GB

Born

June 05, 1928

Died

November 14, 1991

Cause of Death

Neurological Infection Resulting From Aids

Biography

Filmography

Blue Sky (1994)

Director

Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)

Director ("Hills Like White Elephants")

Penalty Phase (1986)

Director

The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)

Director

The Border (1981)

Director

Death In Canaan (1978)

Director

Photos & Videos

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Girl With Green Eyes (1964) -- (Movie Clip) I Love The City

Girl With Green Eyes (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Bacon And Cabbage

Family & Companions

Vanessa Redgrave

Wife

Actor. Married on April 29, 1962; divorced in 1967.

Jeanne Moreau

Companion

Actor. Involved in the mid-1960s.

Bibliography

"The Cinema of Tony Richardson"

James M Welsh and John C Tibbets (editors), State University of New York Press (1999)

Notes

Richardson directed for the London stage from 1956-72 and the productions he staged include: "The Entertainer", "A Taste of Honey", "Requiem for a Nun", "Cards of Identity", "The Chairs", "The Making of Moo", "Flesh to a Tiger", "Orpheus Descending", "Look After Lulu", "The Changeling" and "Luther". He directed Nicol Williamson in "Hamlet" on Broadway in 1968.

Biography

British theater and film director primarily associated with the "Angry Young Man" movement of the late 1950s and early 60s. Richardson worked as a producer with the BBC from 1952 to 1955 and co-directed a short documentary about working-class youths, "Momma Don't Allow" (1955), with Karel Reisz. The film was well received when shown at the first "Free Cinema" program in 1956--the same year that "Look Back in Anger," a play written by John Osborne and directed by Richardson, shook up the English theatrical establishment with its bitter indictment of postwar culture.

Filmography

Life Events

1952

Joined the BBC TV directors' training program

1953

Began directing for the BBC with such productions as "Othello" and Dostoyevsky's "Gambler"

1954

Wrote articles on film for <i>Sight and Sound</i>

1955

Co-directed first short film, "Mama Don't Allow" with Karel Reisz

1955

Stage directing debut, "The Country Wife" at the Royal Theatre in England

1956

Directed groundbreaking production of John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" at London's Royal Court Theatre

1957

Made Broadway directing debut when "Look Back in Anger" moved to New York

1958

Formed own film company, Woodfall Film Productions with John Osborne

1959

Directed first feature, the film adaptation of Osborne's "Look Back in Anger"; produced through Woodfall Film

1960

Produced first feature, "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"; directed by Karel Reisz

1961

Directed first Hollywood film, "Sanctuary"

1963

Helmed first color film, "Tom Jones"

1967

Helmed the British drama, "The Sailor from Gibraltar," starring Jeanne Moreau and then wife Vanessa Redgrave

1968

Directed then wife, Vanessa Redgrave in "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

1973

Directed the film adaptation of Edward Albee's play, "A Delicate Balance"

1975

Fired by Motown head Berry Gordy shortly after production began on "Mahogany," starring Diana Ross; Gordy took over directing

1978

Directed first US TV-movie, "A Death in Canaan"

1984

Wrote and directed the film adaptation of "The Hotel New Hampshire," starring Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe and Beau Bridges

1990

Directed one of three short stories for HBO's anthology special, "Women and Men: Stories of Seduction"

1994

Last feature film, "Blue Skies," starring Jessica Lange in her Oscar winning performance (completed in 1991 and released posthumously)

Photo Collections

Tom Jones - Movie Poster

Here is a country-of-origin British Quad movie poster for Tom Jones (1963), starring Albert Finney and directed by Tony Richardson.

The Loved One - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Loved One (1965). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.