Richard Stanley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Stanley
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1966(1966-11-22)
Age	58
Birthplace	Fish Hoek
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Scorpio

Richard Stanley Biography

Richard Stanley is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on November 22, 1966 in Fish Hoek, Western Cape, South Africa. South African director, who made his debut in the early 1990’s with the dystopian sci-fi film Hardware and the supernatural horror movie Devil Dust. He has been primarily a screenwriter in the new millennium, writing films such as The Abandoned or I Am Legion.

In the 1990 film Hardware, he directed He directed Dylan McDermott in the 1990 film Hardware..

Richard Stanley (born 22 November 1966) is a South African film director and screenwriter. Stanley works and lives in Montségur, France.

In the late 1980s Stanley traveled to Afghanistan to document the Soviet–Afghan War. Stanley and his crew witnessed the Soviet Army’s withdrawal and the country’s slide into the civil war that would bring the Taliban to power. The resulting documentary, Voice of the Moon, is a 30-minute look at the daily lives of the Afghan people trying to survive. Stanley was present at the siege of Jalalabad, and the events surrounding his escape from the country, along with his wounded camera man, Immo Horn, later formed the basis of the screenplay Addicted to Danger, by Sebastian Junger. The documentary is available on the Subversive Cinema DVD release of the feature Dust Devil.

Penny Miller, an artist and anthropologist, is his mother. He is the son of famed explorer His mother is artist and anthropologist Penny Miller. He is a descendant of famed explorer Henry Morton Stanley..

Richard Stanley Net Worth

Richard Stanley is one of the richest Director from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Stanley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1984, his first film, a Super 8 film called Rites of Passage earned him the IAC International Student Film Trophy award film award. Later, he studied Anthropology at University of Cape Town.

The 1996 remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau, starring He was set to direct the 1996 remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau starring Val Kilmer but was fired by New Line Cinema just a few days into filming. His experiences on the film were chronicled in the 2014 documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau ., was his assignment. However, New Line Cinema fired him just days after filming began. In the documentary Lost Soul: Richard Stanley’s Doomed Journey to the Island of Dr. Moreau (2014), his experiences were documented.

Richard Stanley was born in Fish Hoek, South Africa on 22 November 1966. He is descended from famous journalist and explorer of Africa Sir Henry Morton Stanley. His mother, Penny Miller, was an artist and anthropologist best known for her book Myths and Legends of Southern Africa.

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Who is Richard Stanley Dating?

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Stanley returned to his South African roots with the supernatural horror film Dust Devil in 1992. The full director’s cut was officially released on DVD by Subversive Cinema in September 2006.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Richard Stanley celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

Stanley’s next project was the third major movie version of the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau for New Line Cinema in 1996. He was fired and replaced by John Frankenheimer a week after shooting began. The details of Stanley’s involvement in the film, which ultimately veered far from his original vision, are captured in the 2014 documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau.