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