Biography
Richard John Briley (June 25, 1925 β December 14, 2019) was an American writer best known for screenplays of biographical films. He won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar at the 55th Academy Awards for Gandhi (1982). As well as film scripts, he wrote for television and theatre, and published several novels. Briley was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and served in the United States Army Air Forces, 1943β46, reaching the rank of captain. At the University of Michigan, he gained a BA in 1950 and an MA in English 1951. He married Dorothy Louise Reichart in 1950, and they had four children. He worked in public relations for General Motors before rejoining the air force in 1955. He was posted to RAF Northolt airbase at South Ruislip near London, where he was director of orientation activities and started writing.In 1960, he earned a PhD in Elizabethan drama from the University of Birmingham, left the air force and became a staff writer with MGM-British in Borehamwood. While with the studio, he wrote the script for Children of the Damned (1964), effectively a sequel of Village of the Damned (1960), but objected to the changes made for the finished film. He left MGM in 1964. He also had an uncredited part in the comedy Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965).
Filmography
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Movies 16
Writer 16
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
Sandino (1990)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Tai-Pan (1986)
Marie (1985)
Gandhi (1982)
Enigma (1982)
Eagle's Wing (1979)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
That Lucky Touch (1975)
Pope Joan (1972)
Hammerhead (1968)
Children of the Damned (1964)
Postman's Knock (1962)
Invasion Quartet (1961)
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GenderMale
Birthday1925-06-25
Deathday2019-12-14 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceKalamazoo, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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