His early years he worked with Walt Disney doing animations in the late forties. In 1950, he co-directed and edited The Titan: Story of Michelangelo which won an Academy Award for documentary feature in 1950. In 1951, he moved to Saudi Arabia to produce a documentary on the history of the Arab people. In 1956, this documentary was shown on the national TV and around the world called Island Of Allah.[1] In 1969, Richard Lyford returned to the Persian Gulf to produce a 93 minute movie about a young Arab pearl diver called "Hamad And The Pirates" which came out in 1971. -Wikipedia
Richard Lyford
Active - 1936 - 2019 |
Birth - Oct 7, 1917 |
Death - Nov 4, 1985 |
Genres - Documentary, Drama, History, Horror, Science Fiction
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Subgenres - Propaganda Film, World War II Propaganda
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