Known For: American film director (1930–2021)
Category: Directors
Occupation: film director, film producer, director, film actor
Country: United States of America
City: The Bronx
Date of Birth: Thursday, 24 April 1930
Richard Donner was an American film director and producer. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters," Donner directed some of the most financially-successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. His 50-year career crossed genres and influenced trends among filmmakers across the world.
| BirthPlace | The Bronx |
| Awards | Q17985761, Q3414212 |
| Spouses | Lauren Shuler Donner |
| Wikipedia | Richard_Donner |
Richard Donald Schwartzberg was born in the Bronx, New York City, to Russian Jewish parents, Hattie (Horowitz) and Fred Schwartzberg. His father owned a small furniture-manufacturing business and his mother was a stay at home mother. He had a sister, Joan. His grandfather owned a movie theatre in Brooklyn, which had an early influence on his perception of film. After graduating from high school, Donner served in the U.S. Navy, becoming an aerial photographer. He briefly attended New York University but left to pursue a career in acting, relocating to Los Angeles and adopting the stage name "Richard Donner".
