Directing
Richard Lyford
EN, AR cinema · 15 credits
Born
7 October 1917
Died
4 November 1985 (aged 68)
Also known as Richard H. Lyford · Richard Hoover Lyford
His early years he worked with Walt Disney doing animations in the late forties. In 1950, he co-directed and edited The Titan: Story of Michelangelo which won an Academy Award for documentary feature in 1950. In 1951, he moved to Saudi Arabia to produce a documentary on the history of the Arab people. In 1956, this documentary was shown on the national TV and around the world called Island Of Allah.[1] In 1969, Richard Lyford returned to the Persian Gulf to produce a 93 minute movie about a young Arab pearl diver called "Hamad And The Pirates" which came out in 1971. -Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
Seems There Was This Moose
Director of Photography
Hamad and the Pirates
Director, Story, Cinematography
Island of Allah
Director
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Director, Editor
7 Wise Dwarfs
Director
As the Earth Turns
as Pax, Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography
Ritual of the Dead
Actor, Director, Writer
The Scalpel
Actor, Director, Writer
The Phantom of Terror
1931
The Phantom of Terror
Director, Writer