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Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the " angry young men " group of British directors and playwrights during the 1950s, and was later a key figure in the British New Wave filmmaking movement.
Tony Richardson. Director: Tom Jones. The son of a Shipley chemist he was initially connected with the stage first with the post war Shipley Young Theatre then with the Bradford Civic Theatre where he came into contact with the Bradford born author J B Priestley who recognising his potential commissioned him to write a TV documentary. from ...
Jun 1, 2024 · Tony Richardson, English stage and film director whose innovative productions stimulated the Angry Young Men and British New Wave movements. He was known for the plays Look Back in Anger, The Entertainer, and A Taste of Honey and the movies The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Tom Jones.
Nov 16, 1991 · Tony Richardson, who won an Oscar for the film "Tom Jones," died yesterday at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 63 years old.
Jun 27, 2018 · Richardson, Tony (1928–91) British film and stage director. His first stage production was Osborne's Look Back in Anger (1956). He was much admired in the early 1960s for his films: The Entertainer (1960), A Taste of Honey (1961) and Tom Jones (1963).
Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades.
Aug 27, 2007 · Based on Henry Fielding’s novel, Tom Jones: A Foundling, Richardson’s film is a bawdy farce set in Georgian England. It was Richardson’s biggest box-office success and won four Oscars in 1963 for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Film Score.
