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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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Highest rated movies

100% 90% Divine Madness
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100% 70% Smile
Watchlist 97% 80% The Bad News Bears Watchlist
91% 50% The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
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89% 74% The Candidate
Watchlist 85% 58% Downhill Racer Watchlist
83% 33% Semi-Tough
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79% 81% Fletch
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71% 72% Prime Cut
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63% 78% Diggstown
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Michael Ritchie

Michael Ritchie 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. View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
25% 41% A Simple Wish Director $8.1M 1997
50% 49% The Fantasticks Director,
Producer 		$44.8K 1995
32% 21% The Scout Director $2.6M 1994
18% 23% Cops and Robbersons Director $10.5M 1994
91% 50% The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Director - 1993
63% 78% Diggstown Director $4.0M 1992
35% 55% Fletch Lives Director $32.9M 1989
33% 44% The Couch Trip Director $9.9M 1988
20% 47% The Golden Child Director $78.1M 1986
26% 49% Wildcats Director $23.6M 1986
79% 81% Fletch Director - 1985
9% 45% The Survivors Director - 1983
33% 52% Student Bodies Producer - 1981
43% 50% The Island Director - 1980
100% 90% Divine Madness Director - 1980
No Score Yet 57% 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

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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