Person
W.D. Richter
Writing · Born 1945-12-07 · New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia articleW. D. Richter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Big Trouble in Little China
Adaptation
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Screenplay
Stealth
Writer
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Director
Needful Things
Screenplay
Brubaker
Screenplay
Home for the Holidays
Screenplay
Dracula
Screenplay
What Sad Music: W.D. Richter and the Writing of Dracula
Self
Nickelodeon
Writer
Filmography
- 2019What Sad Music: W.D. Richter and the Writing of DraculaSelf
- 2005StealthWriter
- 2004The Revamping of DraculaSelf
- 2002Buckaroo Banzai DeclassifiedSelf
- 1995Home for the HolidaysScreenplay
- 1993Needful ThingsScreenplay
- 1991Late for DinnerDirector
- 1986Big Trouble in Little ChinaAdaptation
- 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionDirector
- 1982Hard FeelingsScreenplay
- 1981The Pursuit of D.B. CooperAdditional Writing
- 1981All Night LongWriter
- 1980BrubakerScreenplay
- 1979DraculaScreenplay
- 1978Invasion of the Body SnatchersScreenplay
- 1976NickelodeonWriter
- 1975PeeperWriter
- 1974SlitherWriter
- 1973SlitherAssociate Producer
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