Richard Rush

1929–2021 · American movie director, scriptwriter, and producer

Richard Rush was an American film director, scriptwriter, and producer. He is known for directing the 1980 black comedy film The Stunt Man, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Richard Rush, in order

1. 1960 Too Soon to Love: directed, wrote
2. 1963 Of Love and Desire: directed, wrote
3. 1967 A Man Called Dagger: directed
4. 1967 Hells Angels on Wheels: directed
5. 1967 The Fickle Finger of Fate: directed
6. 1967 Thunder Alley: directed
7. 1968 Psych-Out: directed
8. 1968 The Savage Seven: directed
9. 1970 Getting Straight: directed, produced · critics 33%, audiences 41%
10. 1974 Freebie and the Bean: directed, produced
11. 1980 The Stunt Man: directed, wrote, produced
12. 1987 Distortions: acted · directed by Armand Mastroianni
13. 1990 Air America: wrote · directed by Roger Spottiswoode
14. 1994 Color of Night: directed
15. 2001 The Sinister Saga of Making "The Stunt Man": directed