Richard de Rochemont, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRichard de Rochemont
American filmmaker
Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1903
Place of Birth: Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 04-Aug-1982
Profession: film producer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Richard de Rochemont
- Richard de Rochemont (December 13, 1903 – August 2, 1982) was an American documentary filmmaker in the late 1940s, who worked on the March of Time newsreel series. Stationed in France until 1941, he produced a series of shorts which covered such subjects as World War II, the 1920s, and the Vatican.
- He produced Crusade in Europe (1949), the very first documentary series produced for television, based on the book by Dwight D.
- Eisenhower, and produced by Time Inc.
- and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Television.
- He also won a Best Documentary Short Academy Award for A Chance to Live (1949). He was the brother of documentary filmmaker and feature film producer Louis de Rochemont.
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