FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Ritchie

1938 - 2001

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Michael Brunswick Ritchie (November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001) was an American film director, producer, and writer of films with comical or satirical leanings, such as The Candidate (1972) and Smile (1975). He scored commercial successes directing sports films like Downhill Racer (1969) and The Bad News Bears (1976), and comedies like Chevy Chase's Fletch (1985) and Eddie Murphy's The Golden Child (1986). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Ritchie is the 564th most popular film director (up from 1,415th in 2019), the 4,109th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,763rd in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Ritchie ranks 564 out of 2,041. Before him are Tonino Delli Colli, Martin Brest, Paul W. S. Anderson, James Mangold, Marcel L'Herbier, and Uli Edel. After him are Sergei Yutkevich, Rob Cohen, Yakov Protazanov, Georges Lautner, Henry Koster, and Charles Barton.

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Among people born in 1938, Michael Ritchie ranks 229. Before him are Madge Sinclair, Rauno Aaltonen, Per Kirkeby, Sjaak Swart, Imre Földi, and James W. Christy. After him are McCoy Tyner, Jayant Narlikar, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Sigitas Tamkevičius, and Willi Schulz. Among people deceased in 2001, Michael Ritchie ranks 115. Before him are Adhemar da Silva, Henri Alekan, Leila Pahlavi, Javier Urruticoechea, Ken Tyrrell, and William T. Stearn. After him are Stefan Heym, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Aaliyah, Alexei Tupolev, Barend Biesheuvel, and Beatrice Straight.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Ritchie ranks 4,109 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Brout (1928), Ava Max (1994), Tom Robbins (1932), John Basilone (1916), Steve Guttenberg (1958), and Benjamin Bratt (1963). After him are Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Ted Nelson (1937), Judith Miller (1948), McCoy Tyner (1938), Linda Yaccarino (1963), and Big Boss Man (1963).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Michael Ritchie ranks 147. Before him are Taylor Hackford (1944), Philip Kaufman (1936), Delmer Daves (1904), Gene Deitch (1924), Martin Brest (1951), and James Mangold (1963). After him are Rob Cohen (1949), Charles Barton (1902), David Chase (1945), Damien Chazelle (1985), Dan O'Bannon (1946), and Hal Ashby (1929).

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