FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Marquand

1937 - 1987

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Richard Alfred Marquand (22 September 1937 – 4 September 1987) was a Welsh film and television director active in both American and British film productions, best known for directing the 1983 space opera Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also directed the 1981 drama film Eye of the Needle, the quiet Paris set romance Until September, and the 1985 thriller Jagged Edge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Marquand is the 814th most popular film director (down from 700th in 2019), the 3,150th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,466th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Marquand ranks 814 out of 2,041. Before him are Ferenc Kósa, Roman Karmen, Jonathan Glazer, Ruy Guerra, Gordon Douglas, and Paul Morrissey. After him are Jack Cardiff, Želimir Žilnik, Todd Phillips, Michael Verhoeven, Jack Clayton, and Herbert Brenon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Richard Marquand ranks 298. Before him are Joaquim Carvalho, Willi Koslowski, Guy Marchand, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Ferenc Kósa, and Anita Traversi. After him are Johnny Dorelli, Carlo Mazzone, Mirko Marjanović, Jaime Lerner, Jurek Becker, and José Araquistáin. Among people deceased in 1987, Richard Marquand ranks 146. Before him are Jaroslav Bouček, Gerald Moore, Gustav Knuth, M. G. Ramachandran, Antonio Sastre, and Arne Borg. After him are Woody Herman, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Oscar Casanovas, Joseph Höffner, Giovanni Arpino, and Madeleine Carroll.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Marquand ranks 3,151 out of 8,785. Before him are Douglas Bader (1910), Julian Bream (1933), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903), Gwendoline Christie (1978), and Nick Hornby (1957). After him are Jack Cardiff (1914), Dawn Addams (1930), William Burnside (1852), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Freddie Highmore (1992), and John Sims (1749).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Richard Marquand ranks 64. Before him are Norman McLaren (1914), Paul Greengrass (1955), Gareth Edwards (1975), Laura Mulvey (1941), Edmund Goulding (1891), and Jonathan Glazer (1965). After him are Jack Cardiff (1914), Jack Clayton (1921), Stephen Daldry (1960), Mick Jackson (1943), Ronald Neame (1911), and Andrea Arnold (1961).

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