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Richard LaGravenese

Highest Rated: 97% A Little Princess (1995)

Lowest Rated: 24% The Comedian (2016)

Birthday: Oct 30, 1959

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

A prolific storyteller with a famous talent for character-driven narratives, writer and director Richard LaGravenese made his Hollywood debut with a major splash when his first script, "The Fisher King" (1991) was optioned and brought to the screen by visionary director Terry Gilliam. Though LaGravenese had been paying the bills as a writer for hire, helping collaborate on re-writes for his friend Neil Levy's project "Rude Awakening" (1989), "The Fisher King" was entirely LaGravenese's own, a heartfelt, hallucinatory, and extremely unique story about a callous radio DJ (Jeff Bridges) who redeems himself for his selfish ways by helping a homeless man (Robin Williams). Largely inspired by the concepts explored in psychoanalyst Robert A. Johnson's Jungian book of self-examination, He, "The Fisher King" had been through numerous drafts before LaGravenese's hard work paid off with big screen success. The film was met with major acclaim and a number of Academy Awards nominations, including one for Best Original Screenplay, and started a long and varied Hollywood career.

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Highest-Rated Movies

97% 88% A Little Princess
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94% 71% Behind the Candelabra
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86% 84% Paris, je t'aime
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77% 83% A Decade Under the Influence
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75% 61% Unstrung Heroes
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74% 73% The Ref
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73% 72% The Horse Whisperer
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72% 70% Beloved
Watchlist 70% 87% Freedom Writers Watchlist
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Richard LaGravenese

Richard LaGravenese Richard LaGravenese at arrivals for BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Premiere, TCL (formerly Grauman''s) Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA February 6, 2013. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection LIVING OUT LOUD, director Richard LaGravenese, 1998, (c)New Line Cinema P.S. I LOVE YOU, director Richard LaGravenese, on set, 2007. ©Warner Bros. P.S. I LOVE YOU, director Richard LaGravenese, on set, 2007. ©Warner Bros. Richard LaGravenese on the set of "P.S. I Love You" BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, from left: Alice Englert, director Richard LaGravenese, on set, 2013. ph: John Bramley/©Warner Bros. Pictures BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, from left: Viola Davis, Alden Ehrenreich, director Richard LaGravenese, on set, 2013. ph: John Bramley/©Warner Bros. Pictures BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, director Richard LaGravenese, on set, 2013. ph: John Bramley/©Warner Bros. Pictures P.S. I LOVE YOU, Hilary Swank, director Richard LaGravenese, on set, 2007. ©Warner Bros. View more photos

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A Family Affair 36% 30% 2024 Director, Screenwriter Pushing Dead 2016 Producer The Comedian 24% 28% 2016 Screenwriter Call Your Father 2016 Executive Producer The Last Five Years 59% 57% 2014 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Unbroken 52% 70% 2014 Screenwriter Behind the Candelabra 94% 71% 2013 Screenwriter Beautiful Creatures 48% 54% 2013 Director, Screenwriter Water for Elephants 60% 70% 2011 Screenwriter P.S. I Love You 25% 80% 2007 Director, Screenwriter Freedom Writers 70% 87% 2007 Director, Writer Paris, je t'aime 86% 84% 2006 Director, Writer A Decade Under the Influence 77% 83% 2003 Director, Producer Living Out Loud 60% 63% 1998 Director, Writer The Horse Whisperer 73% 72% 1998 Screenwriter Beloved 72% 70% 1998 Screenwriter The Mirror Has Two Faces 53% 71% 1996 Screenwriter A Little Princess 97% 88% 1995 Screenwriter Unstrung Heroes 75% 61% 1995 Screenwriter The Ref 74% 73% 1994 Screenwriter, Producer The Fisher King 85% 85% 1991 Screenwriter
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