Richard Lyford
Richard Lyford | |
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| Born | October 7, 1917 |
| Died | November 4, 1985 (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1936-1974 |
Richard Hoover Lyford (born 7 October 1917; died November 4, 1985, North Hollywood, Los Angeles) was an American filmmaker.
He directed avant-garde films in Seattle, Washington in his early career, including As the Earth Turns. During the 1940s, he worked for Walt Disney.[1]
In 1950, he co-directed and edited The Titan: Story of Michelangelo, which won an Academy Award for documentary feature in 1950 and was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.[2] In 1951, he moved to Saudi Arabia to produce Island of Allah, a documentary on the history of the Arab people.[3]
In 1969, Richard Lyford returned to the Persian Gulf to produce Hamad and the Pirates, a 93-minute movie about a young Arab pearl diver.[citation needed]
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