Biography
Walter Duch Richter (born 7 December 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He is best known for adapting Invasion of the Body Snatchers, directing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and co-writing Big Trouble in Little China. Description above from the Wikipedia articleW. D. Richter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as
Walter Duch Richter
Photos
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
3
Acting credits
2
Directing
13
Writing
4
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 7.2Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · movie · Screenplay
- 2
★ 7.2Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · movie · Adaptation
- 3
★ 7.1Brubaker
1980 · movie · Screenplay
- 4
★ 6.4Dracula
1979 · movie · Screenplay
- 5
★ 6.3Needful Things
1993 · movie · Screenplay
- 6
★ 6.3Home for the Holidays
1995 · movie · Screenplay
- 7
★ 6.0The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · movie · Director
- 8
★ 5.5Stealth
2005 · movie · Writer
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 13,417 votes
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · movie
- 21,355 votes
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · movie
- 31,182 votes
Stealth
2005 · movie
- 4618 votes
Needful Things
1993 · movie
- 5522 votes
Brubaker
1980 · movie
- 6501 votes
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · movie
- 7290 votes
Dracula
1979 · movie
- 8195 votes
Home for the Holidays
1995 · movie
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
