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      Michael Ritchie

      Michael Ritchie

      Highest Rated: 100% Divine Madness (1980)

      Lowest Rated: 6% The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)

      Birthday: Nov 28, 1938

      Birthplace: Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA

      Wisconsin-born, California-raised Michael Ritchie gained early directorial experience as an undergraduate at Harvard, staging the original production of classmate Arthur Kopit's "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" in 1960. Following graduation he worked in series TV, directing episodes of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "Dr. Kildare." Ritchie's first feature, "Downhill Racer" (1969), starring Robert Redford, was noted for its gripping skiing sequences, shot with hand-held 16mm cameras. His third film, "The Candidate" (1972), also starred Redford, and it remains one of the finest cinematic excoriations of the American political system.

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      DIGGSTOWN, director Michael Ritchie, 1992. ©MGM THE COUCH TRIP, director Michael Ritchie, David Clennon, on set, 1988. ©Orion Pictures THE SCOUT, director Michael Ritchie, Brendan Fraser, Albert Brooks, on set, 1994. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. COPS AND ROBBERSONS, Director Michael Ritchie, on set, 1994. (c)TriStar Pictures THE SCOUT, director Michael Ritchie, on set, 1994. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      25% 42% A Simple Wish Director $8.1M 1997
      48% 49% The Fantasticks Director,
      Producer       		$44.8K 1995
      31% 22% The Scout Director $2.6M 1994
      18% 22% Cops and Robbersons Director $10.5M 1994
      91% 49% The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Director - 1993
      60% 78% Diggstown Director $4.0M 1992
      35% 55% Fletch Lives Director $32.9M 1989
      33% 45% The Couch Trip Director $9.9M 1988
      21% 47% The Golden Child Director $78.1M 1986
      26% 50% Wildcats Director $23.6M 1986
      79% 81% Fletch Director - 1985
      9% 44% The Survivors Director - 1983
      33% 52% Student Bodies Producer - 1981
      33% 51% The Island Director - 1980
      100% 90% Divine Madness Director - 1980
      No Score Yet 67% An Almost Perfect Affair Director - 1979
      6% 28% The Bad News Bears Go to Japan Producer - 1978
      83% 33% Semi-Tough Director - 1977
      97% 80% The Bad News Bears Director - 1976
      100% 70% Smile Director,
      Producer       		- 1975
      89% 74% The Candidate Director - 1972
      71% 72% Prime Cut Director - 1972
      85% 58% Downhill Racer Director - 1969
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sound of Anger Director - 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outsider Director - 1967

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Felony Squad Director 1966
      100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Director 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Director 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Director 1965