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Richard LaGravenese
Highest Rated: 97% A Little Princess (1995)
Lowest Rated: 24% The Comedian (2016)
Birthday: Oct 30, 1959
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
A prolific storyteller with a famous talent for character-driven narratives, writer and director Richard LaGravenese made his Hollywood debut with a major splash when his first script, "The Fisher King" (1991) was optioned and brought to the screen by visionary director Terry Gilliam. Though LaGravenese had been paying the bills as a writer for hire, helping collaborate on re-writes for his friend Neil Levy's project "Rude Awakening" (1989), "The Fisher King" was entirely LaGravenese's own, a heartfelt, hallucinatory, and extremely unique story about a callous radio DJ (Jeff Bridges) who redeems himself for his selfish ways by helping a homeless man (Robin Williams). Largely inspired by the concepts explored in psychoanalyst Robert A. Johnson's Jungian book of self-examination, He, "The Fisher King" had been through numerous drafts before LaGravenese's hard work paid off with big screen success. The film was met with major acclaim and a number of Academy Awards nominations, including one for Best Original Screenplay, and started a long and varied Hollywood career.
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Richard LaGravenese
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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35% |
|
A Family Affair |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pushing Dead | Producer | - | 2016 |
24% |
|
The Comedian | Screenwriter | $1.7M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Call Your Father | Executive Producer | - | 2016 |
60% |
|
The Last Five Years |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$51.5K | 2014 |
52% |
|
Unbroken | Screenwriter | $115.6M | 2014 |
94% |
|
Behind the Candelabra | Screenwriter | - | 2013 |
48% |
|
Beautiful Creatures |
Director, Screenwriter |
$19.4M | 2013 |
60% |
|
Water for Elephants | Screenwriter | $58.7M | 2011 |
25% |
|
P.S. I Love You |
Director, Screenwriter |
$53.7M | 2007 |
70% |
|
Freedom Writers |
Director, Writer |
$36.6M | 2007 |
86% |
|
Paris, je t'aime |
Director, Writer |
$4.9M | 2006 |
77% |
|
A Decade Under the Influence |
Director, Producer |
$34.5K | 2003 |
60% |
|
Living Out Loud |
Director, Writer |
$12.9M | 1998 |
73% |
|
The Horse Whisperer | Screenwriter | $75.4M | 1998 |
72% |
|
Beloved | Screenwriter | $22.8M | 1998 |
54% |
|
The Mirror Has Two Faces | Screenwriter | $41.3M | 1996 |
97% |
|
A Little Princess | Screenwriter | $9.0M | 1995 |
75% |
|
Unstrung Heroes | Screenwriter | $7.9M | 1995 |
74% |
|
The Ref |
Screenwriter, Producer |
$11.3M | 1994 |
85% |
|
The Fisher King | Screenwriter | $39.4M | 1991 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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92% | 97% | The Divide | Executive Producer | 2014 |