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Richard Lester was one of the most influential directors of the 1960s, and continued his career into the 1970s and early '80s. He is best remembered for the two films he helmed starring The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help!
Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is a retired American film director based in the United Kingdom, famous for his comedic and campy style of shooting movies and for his work in both US and UK cinema. He is best known for directing the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help!
Richard Lester was one of the most influential directors of the 1960s, and continued his career into the 1970s and early '80s. He is best remembered for the two films he helmed starring The Beatles : A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help!
1. Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! 1962 1h 18m Approved. 5.9 (421) Rate. Two teens organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor. Director Richard Lester Stars Helen Shapiro Craig Douglas John Leyton. Lester's brainy sight gags inside the radio station presage the pop-culture blast that he and the Fab Four would deliver two years later. 2.
Richard Lester, American filmmaker who successfully transferred the fast-cut stream-of-consciousness style of television commercials to the big screen. He was best known as the director of the Beatles movies A Hard Day’s Night and Help! His other movies included The Three Musketeers and Superman II.
Aug 5, 2015 · Over a career spanning 22 feature films, he has had a number of critical and commercial successes (including one that won the top prize at Cannes), his unique directorial style—shifting effortlessly from classical elegance to formally radical depending on the needs of the material—has influenced any number of filmmakers over the years (one nota...
May 22, 2003 · January 19, 1932, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Looking back on the career of Richard Lester is a little like receiving the rarest of glimpses of an all but unimaginable period in Hollywood history. Lester is a director who functioned fully within the mainstream of studio filmmaking.
Directed by Richard Lester, it was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists. The film portrays 36 hours in the lives of the group as they prepare for a television performance. The film was a financial and critical success and was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay.
Jan 18, 2024 · “I don't find filmmaking fun at all”: a 1973 interview with Richard Lester. The director of A Hard Day's Night on ad work as creative exercise, the seriousness of comedy, and his admiration for Buster Keaton. From our Spring 1973 issue
Jun 26, 1999 · Richard Lester: A hard day's life. The man who "invented" the music video was the perfect film director for the Beatles. His exuberant, manic style matched theirs and brilliantly captured an...
