Cast & creator
W.D. Richter
Best known for Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Big Trouble in Little China, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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
24
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television credits
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1973–2019 · acting roles
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Filmography (24)
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Screenplay
1978
Big Trouble in Little China
Adaptation
1986
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Director
1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Producer
1984
Needful Things
Screenplay
1993
Stealth
Writer
2005
Brubaker
Screenplay
1980Brubaker
Story
1980
Home for the Holidays
Screenplay
1995
Dracula
Screenplay
1979
Nickelodeon
Writer
1976
All Night Long
Writer
1981
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Additional Writing
1981
The Revamping of Dracula
Self
2004
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Self
2002
Hard Feelings
Screenplay
1982
Peeper
Writer
1975
Late for Dinner
Director
1991Late for Dinner
Producer
1991
Slither
Associate Producer
1973Slither
Writer
1973
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod
Self
2016What Sad Music: W.D. Richter and the Writing of Dracula
Self
2019
Slither
Writer
1974