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W.D. Richter

W.D. Richter

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born December 7, 1945 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA

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Walter Duch Richter (born 7 December 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He is best known for adapting Invasion of the Body Snatchers, directing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and co-writing Big Trouble in Little China.

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All Night Wrong with Screenwriter W.D. Richter Poster

All Night Wrong with Screenwriter W.D. Richter Video2020Self - Screenwriter of 'All Night Long'

Damn Wilie Prescott - an interview with writer W.D. Richter Poster

Damn Wilie Prescott - an interview with writer W.D. Richter Documentary2019Self

Into the 8th Dimension Poster

Into the 8th Dimension Documentary2016Self

Re-Creating the Invasion with W.D. Richter Documentary2016Self

Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod Poster

Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod Documentary2016Self

The Invasion Will Be Televised: The Cinematography Pod Documentary2007Self

The Revamping of Dracula Poster

The Revamping of Dracula Documentary2004Self

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified Poster

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified Documentary2002Self - Director

Writer

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Stealth Feature Film2005

Home for the Holidays Poster

Home for the Holidays Feature Film1995

Needful Things Poster

Needful Things Feature Film1993

Big Trouble in Little China Poster

Big Trouble in Little China Video Game1987

Big Trouble in Little China Poster

Big Trouble in Little China Feature Film1986

All Night Long Poster

All Night Long Feature Film1981

Hard Feelings Poster

Hard Feelings Feature Film1981

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper Poster

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper Feature Film1981

Brubaker Poster

Brubaker Feature Film1980

Dracula Feature Film1979

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Poster

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Feature Film1978

Nickelodeon Poster

Nickelodeon Feature Film1976

Peeper Feature Film1975

Slither TV Movie1974

Slither Feature Film1973

Big Trouble in Little China Feature Film

Producer

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Late for Dinner Poster

Late for Dinner Feature Film1991

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Poster

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Feature Film1984

Slither Feature Film1973

Thanks

3

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Year

Damn Wilie Prescott - an interview with writer W.D. Richter Poster

Damn Wilie Prescott - an interview with writer W.D. Richter Documentary2019

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk Poster

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk Feature Film2014

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified Poster

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified Documentary2002

Director

2

Late for Dinner Poster

Late for Dinner Feature Film1991

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Poster

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Feature Film1984

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