Richard Lyford, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Lyford

American filmmaker

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1917

Date of Death: 04-Nov-1985

Profession: filmmaker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Richard Hoover Lyford (born 7 October 1917; died November 4, 1985, North Hollywood, Los Angeles) was an American filmmaker. His early years he worked with Walt Disney doing animations in the late forties. In 1950, he co-directed and edited The Titan: Story of Michelangelo which won an Academy Award for documentary feature in 1950.
In 1951, he moved to Saudi Arabia to produce a documentary on the history of the Arab people.
In 1956, this documentary was shown on the national TV and around the world called Island Of Allah.In 1969, Richard Lyford returned to the Persian Gulf to produce a 93-minute movie about a young Arab pearl diver called "Hamad And The Pirates" which came out in 1971.