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Richard Lyford

Known for

Directing

Born

October 7, 1917

Died

November 4, 1985 (aged 68)

Biography

His early years he worked with Walt Disney doing animations in the late forties. In 1950, he co-directed and edited The Titan: Story of Michelangelo which won an Academy Award for documentary feature in 1950. In 1951, he moved to Saudi Arabia to produce a documentary on the history of the Arab people. In 1956, this documentary was shown on the national TV and around the world called Island Of Allah.[1] In 1969, Richard Lyford returned to the Persian Gulf to produce a 93 minute movie about a young Arab pearl diver called "Hamad And The Pirates" which came out in 1971. -Wikipedia

Best known work

7 Wise Dwarfs
7 Wise Dwarfs
1941
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
1950
War Department Report
War Department Report
1943
As the Earth Turns
As the Earth Turns
1938
Hamad and the Pirates
Hamad and the Pirates
1971
Island of Allah
Island of Allah
1956
Ritual of the Dead
Ritual of the Dead
1937
The Scalpel
The Scalpel
1936
Shining Rails
Shining Rails
1950
Miyah: A Story of Water
Miyah: A Story of Water
1950

Filmography

  1. 1975

    Seems There Was This Moose

    Director of Photography

  2. 1974

  3. 1972

  4. 1971

    Hamad and the Pirates

    Director, Story, Cinematography

  5. 1965

  6. 1956

  7. 1950

  8. 1950

  9. 1950

  10. 1943

  11. 1941

  12. 1938

    As the Earth Turns

    as Pax, Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography

  13. 1937

    Ritual of the Dead

    Director, Writer

  14. 1936

    The Scalpel

    Director, Writer

  15. 1931

    The Phantom of Terror

    Director, Writer

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