Richard Shepard (born 1965) is an American

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Biography

Shepard was born in

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, New York. Shepard's father was from an Austro-Hungarian-

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background and his mother was of

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descent. In 2007, Shepard received a Directors Guild of America Award and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for the

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for ''

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''. Shepard's next film, '' The Perfection'', was financed by

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, and started its production in early 2018. It was released in 2019 by

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Filmography

Film Documentary film Television

References

External links

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eFilmCritic.com Interview with director Richard Shepard on the John Cazale Documentary "I Knew It Was You"Richard Shepard Interview
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Scripts & Scribes
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