Richard Marquand

★ Directing #379

1937 - 1987 (age 49) • Directing

Born: 9/22/1937 in Cardiff, Wales, UK

Died: 9/4/1987 (age 49)

Known for: Directing

Richard Marquand

★ Directing #379

Richard Alfred Marquand (22 September 1937 – 4 September 1987) was a Welsh film director best known for directing the blockbuster Star Wars film, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983).

Known For

Return of the Jedi

79%

Director

1983

Nowhere to Run

66%

Story

1993

Jagged Edge

62%

Director

1985

Eye of the Needle

67%

Director

1981

The Legacy

54%

Director

1978

Birth of the Beatles

65%

Director

1979

Hearts of Fire

41%

Director

1987

Until September

50%

Director

1984

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

70%

Self (archive footage)

2019

Nowhere to Run

66%

Story

1993

Hearts of Fire

41%

Director

1987

Getting to Dylan

Self

1987

Jagged Edge

62%

Director

1985

Until September

50%

Director

1984

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

74%

Self

1983

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

88%

Self

1983

Return of the Jedi

79%

Maj. Marquand - AT-ST Driver / EV-9D9 (voice) (uncredited)

1983

Return of the Jedi

79%

Director

1983

Eye of the Needle

67%

Director

1981

Birth of the Beatles

65%

Director

1979

The Legacy

54%

Director

1978

Street of Joy

Producer

1976

Street of Joy

Director

1976

Pyramid Lake Is Dying

Producer

1976

Pyramid Lake Is Dying

Director

1976

Zap!! The Weapon Is Food

Director

1976

Zap!! The Weapon Is Food

Producer

1976

NBC Special Treat

Director

1975

To Know Us Is To Love Us

Director

1975

To Know Us Is To Love Us

Producer

1975

Mr Nixon's Secret Legacy

Director

1975

Mr Nixon's Secret Legacy

Producer

1975

Between the Anvil and the Hammer

Director

1973

The Iron Village

Director

1973

The Search for the Nile

63%

Director

1971

Edward II

49%

Co-Director

1970