MICHAEL RITCHIE
DIRECTING
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Michael Brunswick Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director.
Ritchie was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the son of Patricia (née Graney) and Benbow Ferguson Ritchie.
His family later moved to Berkeley, California, where his father was a professor of experimental psychology at the University of California at Berkeley and his mother was the art and music librarian for the city.
He attended Berkeley High School before becoming interested in film, and was accepted at Harvard University following high school.
Ritchie attracted attention in his senior year at Harvard in 1960 by directing the original production of the Arthur Kopit play, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
His work on Kopit's play led to a job offer from Robert Saudek, the producer of the Omnibus television series.
- The Golden Child1986
- Semi-Tough1977
- The Candidate1972
- The Fantasticks2000
- The Bad News Bears1976
- The Couch Trip1988
- The Island1980
- Cops & Robbersons1994
- Downhill Racer1969
- Fletch1985
- Divine Madness1980
- Prime Cut1972
- The Survivors1983
- The Scout1994
- Wildcats1986
- Smile1975
- Fletch Lives1989
- A Simple Wish1997
- Diggstown1992
- An Almost Perfect Affair1979
- The Big Valley1965
- Run for Your Life1965
- The Outsider1968
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964