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Apr 10, 1993 · Richard Schmiechen, a film producer who won an Academy Award in 1984 for the documentary "The Times of Harvey Milk," died on Wednesday at Midway Hospital. He was 45. The cause...
Apr 10, 1993 · Richard Schmiechen, who won an Academy Award for the best feature documentary of 1984, “The Times of Harvey Milk,” has died at age 45.
Richard Schmiechen was born on 10 July 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker (1992) and Roseland (1977). He died on 7 April 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer, Director, Cinematographer
- July 10, 1947
- Richard Schmiechen
- April 7, 1993
Jul 1, 1992 · Director Richard Schmiechen (co-creator of “The Times of Harvey Milk”) casts a wide net in telling the story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker, whose trailblazing research eventually led to...
The film was directed by Rob Epstein, produced by Richard Schmiechen, and narrated by Harvey Fierstein, with an original score by Mark Isham. In 2012, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry .
May 22, 2020 · And the community of fellow makers—my collaborators—who were just as committed as I was: producer Richard Schmiechen, a man whose incredible moral and ethical compass kept me and our project on track, who died of AIDS a mere eight years after our film premiered; cinematographer Frances Reid who started working with me before we ...
Mar 22, 2011 · The director had just made history, with producer Schmiechen, by winning the first Oscar for an openly gay film—and would do so again by thanking his partner in his acceptance speech.
