Richard Lyford
- Directing
- October 7, 1917
- November 4, 1985
Biography
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 · Cinematography
- Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon · Director
- Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West · Director
- Hamad and the Pirates · Director, Story
- An Otter in the Family · Director
- Island of Allah · Director
- Shining Rails · Director
- The Titan: Story of Michelangelo · Director, Editing
- Miyah: A Story of Water · Director
- War Department Report · Editing
- 7 Wise Dwarfs · Director
- As the Earth Turns · Pax, Screenplay
- Ritual of the Dead · Director, Writer
- The Scalpel · Director, Writer
- The Phantom of Terror · Director, Writer