Richard Glatzer
| Richard Glatzer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 28, 1952 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 10, 2015 (aged 63) Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Michigan University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Writer, director |
| Spouse(s) | Wash Westmoreland (m. 2013) |
Richard Glatzer (January 28, 1952 – March 10, 2015) was an American writer and director.
Glatzer was born in Flushing, Queens. He grew up in Westbury, Long Island and Livingston, New Jersey, then gained a bachelor's degree at the University of Michigan (BA 1973), and a PhD in English from the University of Virginia.
While at the University of Michigan, Glatzer took advantage of the many film society screenings on campus to watch and study hundreds of films. He formed a friendship with Neal Gabler, who was writing long film reviews for The Michigan Daily at the time. Glatzer also organized a Frank Capra film festival during his time there, and remained friends with Capra for many years afterwards. Glatzer and John Raeburn co-edited the book "Frank Capra: The Man And His Films," which was published by the University of Michigan Press in 1975.
He entered the film world in the mid-1980s working under the tutelage of Jay and Lewis Allen. He worked on TV shows such as Divorce Court, The Osbournes, and America's Next Top Model. Glatzer's first independent film was Grief (1993), a comedy-drama focusing on a writer for a trashy daytime TV show who comes to grips with office politics, a co-worker crush and homophobia. It premiered at San Francisco's Frameline Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Picture. It then went on to Toronto, where it was picked out by former LA Weekly critic Manhola Dargis as one of the festival highlights. It starred Craig Chester, Illeana Douglas, Alexis Arquette, Jackie Beat, Carlton Wilborn, and Lucy Gutteridge.
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