Richard Donner

Richard Donner
Richard Donneris an American film director and producer. After directing the horror film The Omen, Donner became famous for directing the first modern superhero film, Superman, starring Christopher Reeve...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth24 April 1930
CityBronx, NY
Richard Donner quotes about
audience audiences believe blue convince fly man newman physically playing red role
I had to physically convince the audience that he could fly but, just as important, I had to convince the audience that that man who was playing that role could fly. And I could not believe that Redford or Newman or any of those well-known actors in that role, in blue leotards and a red cape, flying.
american-director cuts few four love special
The Lethals were never done as a special edition, but that's still a few years away. I'd love to do director's cuts of all four of them.
appearance semblance
VERISIMILITUDE (the appearance or semblance of truth)
silly thinking people
I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused.
hero two firefighter
It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
lying assistants documentaries
I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive a truck, and doing commercials and documentaries.
journey people paid
People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.
objectivity views point-of-view
I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.
running long subjectivity
When you make a film, you like to run it with an audience. They tell you you're narrow-minded or subjective, or that seems too long, or that doesn't work.
men actors convince
How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?
genius motion-pictures i-realized
I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.
trying actors
I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.
thinking film enough
I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.
ideas
I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.