William Richert (born in 1942 in Florida) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for his remarkable performance as Bob in the 1991 Gus van Sant film My Own Private Idaho.
At age 17, he hopped a bus to Hollywood. At the age of 19, he interviewed Richard Nixon's daughters Tricia and Julie, as part of a planned documentary titled Presidents' Daughters. He directed several other documentaries (including Derby, and A Dancer's Life) and the feature films Winter Kills (film), American Success Company, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Mask of Dumas.
Reardon was originally distributed by 20th Century Fox, and has since been re-cut and re-issued independently as Aren't You Even Going To Kiss Me Goodbye?
Richert sued the Writers' Guild of America over not being credited on the screenplay of the film The American President. Richert claimed Sorkin's screenplay was a thinly-veiled plagiarism of Richert's 1981 'The President Elopes', and that the television series The West Wing was derived from part of the same screenplay. After Guild arbitration, Aaron Sorkin was awarded full credit on American President.
Richert also sued the Directors' Guild of America over its collection of overseas levies for American directors who are not members.
He currently resides in Santa Monica, California, where he is developing a new mob drama, 'The Vindicator'.
External links
William Richert at the Internet Movie Database
WilliamRichert.com official web site
Stream Episode 1 of 'The Vindicator'
Stream the entirety of Richert's picture Success
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