FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Fleischer

1916 - 2006

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Richard Owen Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director whose career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Fleischer has received more than 732,853 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Richard Fleischer is the 257th most popular film director (down from 228th in 2019), the 1,694th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,517th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Fleischer ranks 257 out of 2,041. Before him are Edward Dmytryk, Patrice Chéreau, Frank Darabont, Assi Dayan, Julien Duvivier, and Peter Bogdanovich. After him are Menahem Golan, Henri Verneuil, Frank Lloyd, Robert Aldrich, John Frankenheimer, and Hideaki Anno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Richard Fleischer ranks 61. Before him are Consuelo Velázquez, Henri Dutilleux, Hamani Diori, Glenn Ford, Saburō Sakai, and Kristján Eldjárn. After him are Carl Johan Bernadotte, Georg Henrik von Wright, Michael Gough, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Sterling Hayden, and Ernst Wilimowski. Among people deceased in 2006, Richard Fleischer ranks 68. Before him are Shamil Basayev, Glenn Ford, Angelica Rozeanu, Joachim Fest, Telê Santana, and Aaron Spelling. After him are Ferenc Bene, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Reinhart Koselleck, Floyd Patterson, Allen Carr, and Sven Nykvist.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Fleischer ranks 1,694 out of 20,380. Before him are Diane Lane (1965), Alan Kay (1940), Michael P. Anderson (1959), Griffin Dunne (1955), Lee Iacocca (1924), and Rosanna Arquette (1959). After him are Stevie Nicks (1948), Tanya Roberts (1955), Christine Baranski (1952), Janet Jackson (1966), Elisabeth Shue (1963), and Don DeLillo (1936).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Richard Fleischer ranks 66. Before him are Gus Van Sant (1952), Edwin S. Porter (1870), Michael Moore (1954), James Ivory (1928), John Sturges (1910), and Peter Bogdanovich (1939). After him are Robert Aldrich (1918), John Frankenheimer (1930), Joseph Losey (1909), Robert J. Flaherty (1884), Zack Snyder (1966), and Ub Iwerks (1901).

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Filmography

Conan the Destroyer
Director
Conan is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis to safely escort a teen princess and her powerful bodyguard to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagoth. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into consideration Conan's strength and cunning and the abilities of his sidekicks: the eccentric wizard Akiro, the warrior woman Zula, and the inept Malak. Together the hero and his allies must defeat both mortal and supernatural foes in this voyage to sword-and-sorcery land.
Jun 29o 19846.098 / 10
Soylent Green
Director
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Apr 18o 19736.945 / 10
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Director
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Dec 23o 19547.041 / 10