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    Tony Richardson

    English theatre and film director and producer

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  1. Micheál Richardson (grandson) Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, 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 ...

    • 14 November 1991 (aged 63), Los Angeles, California, US
    • Cecil Antonio Richardson, 5 June 1928, Shipley, West Yorkshire, England
    • 1952–1991
  2. Tony Richardson. Director: Tom Jones. 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.

    • January 1, 1
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • January 1, 1
    • Director, Producer, Writer
  3. Apr 4, 2024 · Tony Richardson (born June 5, 1928, Shipley, Yorkshire, England—died November 14, 1991, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an English theatrical and motion-picture director whose experimental productions stimulated a renewal of creative vitality on the British stage during the 1950s. He was also known for his film adaptations of literary and ...

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  4. Nov 16, 1991 · Tony Richardson, who won an Oscar for the film "Tom Jones," died yesterday at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 63 years old. He died of a neurological infection that was ...

  5. Jun 27, 2018 · Tony Richardson belongs to that generation of British film directors which includes Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz, all of them university-trained middle-class artists who were sympathetic to the conditions of the working classes and determined to use cinema as a means of personal expression, in line with the goals of the "Free Cinema" movement.

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  7. Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, 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.

  8. Aug 27, 2007 · Starring Richard Burton, the film brought Richardson to prominence, but it retains a theatrical feel as most of the drama occurs indoors and the dialogue feels scripted. However, Richardson made an effort to employ tools unique to cinema, shooting a few scenes on location and using dynamic, fast edits of close-ups.

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