Tony Richardson
Tony Richardson was a British director and producer who won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Tom Jones.
Director | Fiction Writer | Producer
June 5, 1928
November 14, 1991
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Tony Richardson, a renowned British film director and producer, played a significant role in the British New Wave film movement. He is best known for directing acclaimed films such as “Look Back in Anger” (1958), “The Entertainer” (1960), “A Taste of Honey” (1961), “Tom Jones” (1963), and “The Charge of the Light Brigade” (1968). His groundbreaking work in British cinema earned him numerous awards, including the 1964 Academy Award for Best Director for “Tom Jones,” which also won three other Oscars. Richardson was married five times, including to actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Jeanne Moreau, and had relationships with both men and women. He passed away on November 14, 1991.