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Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) [4] is a retired American film director based in the United Kingdom, famous for his comedic and campy style of shooting movies and for his work in both US and UK cinema. He is best known for directing the Beatles ' films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), and the superhero films Superman ...
Richard Lester was one of the most influential directors of the 1960s, and continued his career into the 1970s and early '80s. He is best remembered for the two films he helmed starring The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), the frenetic cutting style of which was seen by many as the predecessor of the music video a generation ...
Richard Lester (born January 19, 1932, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American filmmaker who successfully transferred the fast-cut stream-of-consciousness style of television commercials to the big screen. He is best known as the director of the Beatles movies A Hard Day’s Night (1964) and Help! (1965).
Richard Lester. Director: A Hard Day's Night. Richard Lester was one of the most influential directors of the 1960s, and continued his career into the 1970s and early '80s. He is best remembered for the two films he helmed starring The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), the frenetic cutting style of which was seen by many as the predecessor of the music video a generation later. Lester...
Aug 5, 2015 · By all logic, Richard Lester deserves consideration as one of the key filmmakers to emerge in the latter half of the 20th century. Over a career spanning 22 feature films, he has had a number of critical and commercial successes (including one that won the top prize at Cannes), his unique directorial style—shifting effortlessly from classical elegance to formally radical depending on the needs of the material—has influenced any number of filmmakers over the years (one notable fan, Steven ...
May 22, 2003 · Lester, Richard. b. January 19, 1932, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Looking back on the career of Richard Lester is a little like receiving the rarest of glimpses of an all but unimaginable period in Hollywood history. Lester is a director who functioned fully within the mainstream of studio filmmaking.
Jan 18, 2024 · Like many cinephiles, I'd been wondering how Richard Lester has been doing. Since The Bed Sitting Room in 1969, his work has been confined to television commercials. One cherished film project, a spectacular adaptation of George Macdonald Fraser’s novel Flashman, was cancelled by United Artists a month away from shooting in 1970, after Lester had spent more than a year in preparation.
