Richard Rush | |
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![]() Richard Rush | |
Born | New York City, U.S. | April 15, 1929
Died | April 8, 2021 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 91)
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1960–2001 |
Richard Rush (April 15, 1929 – April 8, 2021) was an American film director, scriptwriter, and producer. He is known for directing The Stunt Man, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. His film Color of Night won a Golden Raspberry Award as the worst film of 1994, but Maxim magazine also singled the film out as having the best sex scene in film history.[1] Rush, whose directing career began in 1960, also directed Freebie and the Bean, a police buddy comedy/drama starring Alan Arkin and James Caan. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film Air America.