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Richard Shepard

Highest Rated: 83% I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)

Lowest Rated: 50% The Linguini Incident (1992)

Birthday: May 18, 1965

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Writer/director Richard Shepard cultivated an eclectic career in the 1990s and 2000s, helming numerous pilots and episodes for series like "Ugly Betty" (ABC 2006-2010) and "Girls" (HBO 2012- ) while also overseeing a string of darkly clever comedy-drama features like "The Matador" (2005) and "Dom Hemingway" (2013). The New York native began working in independent films and cable television before making a minor splash with the psycho-thriller "Oxygen" (1999). A half-decade would pass before he returned to films with "The Matador," a wry comedy with Pierce Brosnan in an impressive turn as a hired killer at the end of his rope. Shepard followed this with "The Hunting Party" (2009) and "I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale" (HBO 2009) before scoring another hit with "Dom Hemingway," a crime comedy with Jude Law taking a similar path as Brosnan and playing against type as a vulgar safecracker. Shepard's talent for crafting both polished television and offbeat theatrical releases marked him as one of the most versatile directors in two mediums.

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Highest rated movies

83% 85% I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
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77% 55% Oxygen
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75% 66% The Matador
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70% 57% The Perfection Watchlist
59% 74% Scotland, Pa.
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57% 38% Dom Hemingway
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56% 67% The Hunting Party
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50% 76% The Linguini Incident
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61% Tokyo Project Watchlist
11% Cool Blue
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Film Geek Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2023
No Score Yet 85% Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas Director,
Executive Producer
- 2021
70% 57% The Perfection Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2018
No Score Yet 61% Tokyo Project Director,
Producer
- 2017
57% 38% Dom Hemingway Director,
Screenwriter
$518.1K 2013
83% 85% I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Director - 2009
56% 67% The Hunting Party Director,
Screenwriter
$876.7K 2007
75% 66% The Matador Director,
Writer
$12.6M 2005
59% 74% Scotland, Pa. Producer $384.1K 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Class Warfare Director - 2001
No Score Yet 69% Mexico City Director,
Producer,
Writer
- 2000
77% 55% Oxygen Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1999
No Score Yet 57% Mercy Director,
Producer
- 1995
50% 76% The Linguini Incident Director,
Screenwriter
- 1992
No Score Yet 11% Cool Blue Director - 1988

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 93% Acapulco Executive Producer 2021-2022 2024
81% 81% Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Executive Producer,
Director
2020-2021
58% 89% Sweetbitter Executive Producer,
Director
2018-2019
67% 44% The Twilight Zone Director 2019
89% 76% Girls Director 2017
58% 77% Golden Boy Executive Producer,
Director
2013
49% 82% Ringer Executive Producer,
Director
2011-2012
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Director 2010
16% No Score Yet In the Motherhood Director 2009
97% 83% Ugly Betty Director 2006