Tony Richardson

Tony Richardson (June 5, 1928 to November 14, 1991) was an English theatre director and filmmaker whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the angry young men group of British directors and playwrights of the 1950s and was a key figure in the British New Wave filmmaking movement, known for kitchen sink realism films such as Look Back in Anger, The Entertainer, A Taste of Honey, and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture in 1964 for Tom Jones, was a two time BAFTA Award winner, and was twice nominated for the Palme d'Or. He was born in Shipley, Yorkshire, and died in Los Angeles at age sixty three. He was married to actress Vanessa Redgrave from 1962 to 1967 and their daughters Natasha and Joely Richardson both became actresses.