Richard Lyford

Biography

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.[1] 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. -Wikipedia

Directed

1. 7 Wise Dwarfs (1941) — Director
2. The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) — Director
3. As the Earth Turns (1938) — Director
4. Hamad and the Pirates (1971) — Director
5. Island of Allah (1956) — Director
6. Shining Rails (1950) — Director
7. Miyah: A Story of Water (1950) — Director
8. Ritual of the Dead (1937) — Director
9. The Scalpel (1936) — Director
10. Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West (1972) — Director
11. Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon (1974) — Director
12. An Otter in the Family (1965) — Director
13. The Phantom of Terror (1931) — Director

Also appeared in

1. As the Earth Turns (1938) — Pax
2. Ritual of the Dead (1937)
3. The Scalpel (1936)