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Home/People/W.D. Richter
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Born
Dec 7, 1945
Age 80
Place of Birth
New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

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IMDb Profile

W.D. Richter

Writing

Biography
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.
What Sad Music: W.D. Richter and the Writing of Dracula poster

What Sad Music: W.D. Richter and the Writing of Dracula

as Self
2019
The Revamping of Dracula poster

The Revamping of Dracula

as Self
2004
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified poster

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

as Self
2002