Richard Donner (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Richard Donner

Looking for reviews of films directed by Richard Donner? Cinafilm has a total of 8,188 reviews across 18 movies directed by Richard Donner.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 64%.

Superman is Richard Donner's highest rated movie, with a score of 76% based on 95 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Richard Donner is The Toy, with a score of 46% based on 159 reviews.

Director Biography

Richard Donner (born April 24, 1930) is an American film director, film producer, and comic book writer. The production company The Donners' Company is owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner. After directing the horror film The Omen, Donner became famous for the hailed creation of the first modern superhero film, Superman, starring Christopher Reeve. The influence of this film eventually helped establish the superhero concept as a respected film genre. Donner later continued reinvigorating the buddy film genre with Lethal Weapon (1987) and its sequels.

In 2000, he received the President's Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. He was also nominated for Best Director in 1978 for Superman. Film historian Michael Barson writes that Donner had "emerged as one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters.

Richard Donner has directed films starring Steve Kahan, Paul Tuerpe, Mel Gibson and Mary Ellen Trainor.