Richard Lester

★ Directing #470

1932 - 2006 (age 74) • Directing

Born: 1/19/1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Died: 3/25/2006 (age 74)

Known for: Directing

Richard Lester

★ Directing #470

Richard Lester (born 19 January 1932) is an American-born British-based film director notable for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.

Known For

Superman II

68%

Director

1980

Superman III

55%

Director

1983

A Hard Day's Night

73%

Director

1964

The Three Musketeers

67%

Director

1973

Help!

69%

Director

1965

Robin and Marian

63%

Director

1976

The Four Musketeers

65%

Director

1974

The Return of the Musketeers

62%

Director

1989

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

75%

Self

2016

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

Self - Director

2014

THE BEATLES in HELP!

65%

Self

2007

Filmmakers in Action

72%

Self

2006

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

58%

Self

2004

Things They Said Today

70%

Self

2002

The Unknown Peter Sellers

82%

Self

2000

Richard Lester!

70%

1998

Spike

100%

Self

1996

The Beatles Anthology

83%

Self (archive footage)

1995

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

80%

Self

1995

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

70%

Self - Presenter

1993

Paul McCartney's Get Back

86%

Director

1991

The Return of the Musketeers

62%

Director

1989

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

Self

1986

The Making of 'Superman III'

68%

Self

1985

Finders Keepers

55%

Director

1984

Finders Keepers

55%

Executive Producer

1984

The Making of 'Superman II'

76%

Self

1983

Superman III

55%

Director

1983

Superman II

68%

Director

1980

Cuba

55%

Director

1979

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

50%

Man Watching Hearse Pass by (uncredited)

1979

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

50%

Director

1979

The Ritz

60%

Director

1976

Robin and Marian

63%

Director

1976

Royal Flash

58%

Director

1975

La route

80%

1975