Richardson, Tony (1928-1991), Cineasta inglês:
As Aventuras de Tom Jones (1963);
A Forca Será Tua Recompensa (1970);
Um Hotel Muito Louco (1984).
Nationality: British. Born: Cecil Antonio Richardson in Shipley, West Yorkshire, 5 June 1928. Education: Wadham College, Oxford University, degree in English, 1952. Family: Married actress Vanessa Redgrave, 1962 (divorced 1967); three daughters, actresses Natasha and Joely, and Katherine Grimond. Career: President of Oxford University Drama Society, 1949–51; producer and director for BBC TV, 1953; formed English Stage Company with George Devine, 1955; began collaboration with writer John Osborne on first production of Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court Theatre, London, 1956; with Osborne, formed Woodfall Productions, 1958; directed first feature, Look Back in Anger, 1959; continued to work as stage director; director for TV, including Penalty Phase (1986), Shadow on the Sun (1988), and Phantom of the OperaAwards: Oscar for Best Direction, and New York Film Critics Award for Best Direction, for Tom Jones, 1963. Died: November 1991. (1990).
