For those of a similar name, see Richard Sheppard (disambiguation).
Richard Shepard
Birth date1965 (age 61–62)
Birth placeNew York City, New York, U.S.
PartnerJennifer Konner
OccupationDirector, writer, producer

Richard Shepard (born 1965) is an American film and television director and screenwriter.[1]

Biography

Shepard was born in New York City, New York. Shepard's father was from an Austro-Hungarian-Jewish background and his mother was of Armenian descent.[2]

In 2007, Shepard received a Directors Guild of America Award and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for the television pilot for Ugly Betty. Shepard's next film, The Perfection, was financed by Miramax, and started its production in early 2018.[3] It was released in 2019 by Netflix.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1989Cool BlueCo-directed with Mark Mullin
1991The Linguini Incident
1995Mercy
1997Below Utopiaaka Body Count
1999Oxygen
2000Mexico City
2005The Matador
2007The Hunting Party
2013Dom Hemingway
2018The Perfection

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorProducerWriter
2009I Knew It Was You
2023Film Geek[4][5][6][7]

Television

YearTitleDirectorExecutive
Producer		Notes
1996The RoyaleTV movie
2001Class Warfare
2006Ugly BettyEpisode "Pilot"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
200830 RockEpisode 210
2011Danni LowinskiUnaired pilot
RingerEpisode "Pilot"
2013Girls12 episodes
Golden BoyEpisode "Pilot"
2014SalemEpisode "The Vow"
2018SweetbitterEpisode "Salt"
2019The Twilight ZoneEpisode "The Wunderkind"
2020Zoey's Extraordinary PlaylistEpisode "Pilot", film "Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas"
2021The Handmaid's TaleEpisodes "Vows" and "Home"
AcapulcoEpisode "Pilot"
2022Welcome to ChippendalesEpisodes "Paper Is Paper" and "Switzerland"
TBABlank SlateEpisode "Pilot" [8]

References

  1. ^ "Richard Shepard". The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007.
  2. ^ Arkun, Aram (2012-06-15). "The Two Hollywood Worlds of Richard Shepard". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
  3. ^ Mike Fleming Jr. (2017-09-13). "Miramax Buys Richard Shepard's Next Pic, 'The Perfection'". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  4. ^ "FILM GEEK". American Cinematheque. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  5. ^ Shepard, Richard (2023-09-22), "Film Geek" (Documentary), Stacey Reiss Productions, retrieved 2023-09-25
  6. ^ Shepard, Richard (2023-09-20). "Richard Shepard's Favorite Movies From High School, Including 'The King Of Comedy' and 'Staying Alive'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  7. ^ "Richard Shepard's memories as a teenage 'Film Geek,' plus the week's best movies in L.A.". Los Angeles Times. 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  8. ^ White, Peter (March 1, 2022). "'Blank Slate': Richard Shepard To Direct & EP NBC Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood