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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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1981 · nominated
Filmography13 titles

Big Trouble in Little China
1986Adaptation
1986Adaptation

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978Screenplay
1978Screenplay

Brubaker
1980Screenplay, Story
1980Screenplay, Story

Dracula
1979Screenplay
1979Screenplay

Needful Things
1993Screenplay
1993Screenplay

Home for the Holidays
1995Screenplay
1995Screenplay

Nickelodeon
1976Writer
1976Writer

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984Director, Producer
1984Director, Producer

Slither
1973Associate Producer, Writer
1973Associate Producer, Writer

Late for Dinner
1991Director, Producer
1991Director, Producer

Stealth
2005Writer
2005Writer

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981Additional Writing
1981Additional Writing

Peeper
1975Writer
1975Writer