Michael Ritchie

Directeur, Producteur, Acteur

28 novembre 1938 — 16 avril 2001 (62 ans)
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Michael Brunswick Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director.

Ritchie was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the son of Patricia (née Graney) and Benbow Ferguson Ritchie. His family later moved to Berkeley, California, where his father was a professor of experimental psychology at the University of California at Berkeley and his mother was the art and music librarian for the city.

He attended Berkeley High School before becoming interested in film, and was accepted at Harvard University following high school.

Ritchie attracted attention in his senior year at Harvard in 1960 by directing the original production of the Arthur Kopit play, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

His work on Kopit's play led to a job offer from Robert Saudek, the producer of the Omnibus television series. Ritchie also directed episodes of Profiles in Courage and such TV series as The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Dr. Kildare and Felony Squad prior to making his Hollywood feature-film debut in 1969 with Downhill Racer.

His sister, Elsie Ritchie, acted in two of his films (The Candidate and Smile).

In 1994, Ritchie purchased the hacienda-style house at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles, where Marilyn Monroe died in 1962. He bought it for $995,000.

In 1994, Ritchie moved to Manhattan with his wife, Jimmie B. Ritchie, and daughters, Lillian (b. 1986) and Miriam (b. 1988). His additional children include a son, Steven (b. 1973); daughters Lauren (b. 1966) and Jessica (b. 1973), and two stepchildren, Nelly Bly and Billy Bly.

Ritchie died at age 62 of complications from prostate cancer, on April 16, 2001, in New York.

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Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Femme de choc
    Femme de choc1986

Connue pour

  • Golden Child : L'Enfant sacré du Tibet
    Golden Child : L'Enfant sacré du Tibet1986
  • Rasta Rockett
    Rasta Rockett1993
  • Fletch aux trousses
    Fletch aux trousses1985
  • La chouette équipe
    La chouette équipe1976
  • Autant en emporte Fletch
    Autant en emporte Fletch1989
  • Femme de choc
    Femme de choc1986
  • Votez McKay
    Votez McKay1972
  • La Nuit du défi
    La Nuit du défi1992
  • Les nouveaux associés
    Les nouveaux associés1994
  • La Révélation
    La Révélation1994
  • Carnage
    Carnage1972
  • La Descente infernale
    La Descente infernale1969
  • Les rescapés
    Les rescapés1983
  • La guerre des fées
    La guerre des fées1997
  • Parle à mon psy, ma tête est malade
    Parle à mon psy, ma tête est malade1988
  • L'Île sanglante
    L'Île sanglante1980
  • Les Faux-durs
    Les Faux-durs1977
  • La chouette équipe au Japon
    La chouette équipe au Japon1978
  • Smile
    Smile1975
  • Complot meurtrier contre une pom-pom girl
    Complot meurtrier contre une pom-pom girl1993

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