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Director, Producer Born: November 28, 1938 in Waukesha, WI Death: April 16, 2001 in New York, NY Biography:An acute satirist of hallowed American institutions, filmmaker "Michael Ritchie" found his greatest artistic success in the more creatively adventurous 1970s Hollywood before his comic sensibility was diluted by 1980s and 1990s commercial constraints. Still, "Ritchie" once said, he only wanted to make "films to be enjoyed."
Born in Wisconsin and raised in Berkeley, "Ritchie" graduated from Harvard with a degree in history and literature. His direction of "Arthur Kopit"'s play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad during his senior year led to a job offer to be an associate producer on the "Omnibus" TV series. Honing his skills on TV throughout the 1960s, "Ritchie" directed episodes of several series, including Profiles in Courage, Dr. Kildare, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. "Ritchie" brought TV's documentary immediacy to film when rising superstar "Robert Redford"... Full Biography
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