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Tony Richardson
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English theatre and film director and producer (1928-1991)
Film & TV
Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English filmmaker. He won two Academy Awards for directing and producing comedy film Tom Jones (1963). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Right to Work March1972
- One Pair of Eyes1967
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Key facts
- Born
- Cecil Antonio Richardson , ( 1928-06-05 ) 5 June 1928, Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 14 November 1991 (1991-11-14) (aged 63), Los Angeles, California
- Alma mater
- Wadham College, Oxford
- Occupations
- Director film producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1952–1991
- Spouse
- Vanessa Redgrave ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1967 )
- Children
- 3, including Natasha and Joely
- Relatives
- Daisy Bevan (granddaughter) Micheál Richardson (grandson)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Family name
- Richardson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Shipley
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Tony Richardson by Reginald Gray.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1928-06-05
- date of death
- 1991-11-14
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- Commons category
- Tony Richardson
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nickname
- Tony
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Tony Richardson
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- birth name
- Cecil Antonio Richardson
- name in native language
- Tony Richardson
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Encyclopedic overview
Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre director and filmmaker, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors and playwrights during the 1950s, and was later a key figure in the British New Wave filmmaking movement.
His films Look Back in Anger (1959), The Entertainer (1960), A Taste of Honey (1961), and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) are considered classics of kitchen sink realism. He won the 1964 Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the film Tom Jones. He was also a two-time BAFTA Award winner, and was twice nominated for the Palme d'Or.
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