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Tony Richardson
English theatre and film director (–)
For other people named Tony Richardson, see Tony Richardson (disambiguation).
Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June – 14 November ) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors and playwrights during the s, and was later a key figure in the British New Wave filmmaking movement.[1]
His films Look Back in Anger (), The Entertainer (), A Taste of Honey (), and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner () are considered classics of kitchen sink realism.[1] He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the film Tom Jones. He was also a two-time BAFTA Award winner, and was twice nominated for the Palme d'Or.
With his wife Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson was the father to actresses Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson.
Early life
[edit]Richardson was born in Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire in to Clarence Albert Richardson, a chemist, and his wife, Elsie Evans (née Campion). He lived on the edge of Saltaire as a young child and kept grass snakes with his childhood friend Joan Naylor.[2] He was Head Boy at Ashville College, Harrogate
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b. 5 June , Shipley, Yorkshire, England
d. 14 Nov , Los Angeles
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The son of a Shipley chemist he was initially connected with the stage first with the post war Shipley Young Theatre then with the Bradford Civic Theatre where he came into contact with the Bradford born author J B Priestley who recognising his potential commissioned him to write a TV documentary. from where it was a short step to directing films. His close association with another novelist, John Osborne resulted in him directing Look Back in Ange in and The Entertainer in where the location scenes were shot in Morecambe where his parents had made their home in retirement. Following the great success of Tom Jones, particularly in America and his marriage to Vanessa Redgrave having ended he moved there and co wrote the film Dead Cert. The last film he made was The Hotel New Hampshire.
BornJune 5,
DiedNovember 14, (63)