>
W.D. Richter
Highest Rated: 93% Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Lowest Rated: 7% Nickelodeon (1976)
Birthday: Dec 7, 1945
Birthplace: New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Versatile writer and sporadic producer-director of offbeat genre features of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Richter debuted as a screenwriter and associate producer with "Slither" (1973), a quirky yet popular caper/road movie starring James Caan. The success of this film propelled him to the front ranks of Hollywood screenwriters and, for awhile, Richter was one of the industry's highest paid writers.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13% | 39% | Stealth | Screenwriter | $31.7M | 2005 |
| 64% | 71% | Home for the Holidays | Writer | $17.0M | 1995 |
| 32% | 44% | Needful Things | Screenwriter | $15.1M | 1993 |
| 58% | 67% | Late for Dinner |
Director, Producer |
$8.2M | 1991 |
| 74% | 82% | Big Trouble in Little China | Writer | $11.0M | 1986 |
| 66% | 69% | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension |
Director, Producer |
- | 1984 |
| 33% | 23% | All Night Long | Screenwriter | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Feelings | Screenwriter | - | 1981 |
| 75% | 74% | Brubaker | Screenwriter | - | 1980 |
| 61% | 58% | Dracula | Writer | - | 1979 |
| 93% | 82% | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Writer | - | 1978 |
| 7% | 48% | Nickelodeon | Writer | - | 1976 |
| 67% | 56% | Slither |
Screenwriter, Associate Producer |
- | 1973 |