W.D. Richter

Writer · Born December 7, 1945 · New Britain, Connecticut, USA

Biography

Walter Duch Richter (born 7 December 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He is best known for adapting Invasion of the Body Snatchers, directing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and co-writing Big Trouble in Little China. Description above from the Wikipedia articleW. D. Richter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Wrote 13

2000s

2005
Stealth
Writer
40

1990s

1995
Home for the Holidays
Screenplay
63
1993
Needful Things
Screenplay
53

1980s

1986
Big Trouble in Little China
Adaptation
67
1982
Hard Feelings
Screenplay
1981
All Night Long
Writer
1980
Brubaker
Screenplay, Story
68

1970s

1979
Dracula
Screenplay
65
1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Screenplay
78
1976
Nickelodeon
Writer
1975
Peeper
Writer
1974
Slither
Writer
1973
Slither
Writer

Produced 3

1990s

1991
Late for Dinner
Producer
61

1980s

1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Producer
64

1970s

1973
Slither
Associate Producer

Directed 2

1990s

1991
Late for Dinner
Director
61

1980s

1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Director
64

Other crew 1

1980s

1981
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Additional Writing
55

Appearances3

2010s

2016
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod
Self

2000s

2004
The Revamping of Dracula
Self
2002
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Self