Richard Shepard
American screenwriter
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Richard Shepard (born 1965) is an American film and television director and screenwriter.[1]
Born1965 (age 60–61)
New York City, New York, U.S.
PartnerJennifer Konner
Richard Shepard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 (age 60–61) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | Director, writer, producer |
| Partner | Jennifer Konner |
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
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Cool Blue | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed with Mark Mullin |
| 1991 | The Linguini Incident | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1995 | Mercy | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1997 | Below Utopia | No | Yes | No | aka Body Count |
| 1999 | Oxygen | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2000 | Mexico City | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2005 | The Matador | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2007 | The Hunting Party | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2013 | Dom Hemingway | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | The Perfection | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Documentary film
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Royale | Yes | No | TV movie |
| 2001 | Class Warfare | Yes | No | |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Yes | No | Episode "Pilot" Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
| 2008 | 30 Rock | Yes | No | Episode 210 |
| 2011 | Danni Lowinski | Yes | No | Unaired pilot |
| Ringer | Yes | Yes | Episode "Pilot" | |
| 2013 | Girls | Yes | No | 12 episodes |
| Golden Boy | Yes | Yes | Episode "Pilot" | |
| 2014 | Salem | Yes | Yes | Episode "The Vow" |
| 2018 | Sweetbitter | Yes | Yes | Episode "Salt" |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone | Yes | No | Episode "The Wunderkind" |
| 2020 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Yes | Yes | Episode "Pilot", film "Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas" |
| 2021 | The Handmaid's Tale | Yes | No | Episodes "Vows" and "Home" |
| Acapulco | Yes | Yes | Episode "Pilot" | |
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales | Yes | No | Episodes "Paper Is Paper" and "Switzerland" |
| TBA | Blank Slate | Yes | Yes | Episode "Pilot" [8] |