Richard Rush (director)

Richard Rush
Richard Rush
Born	(1929-04-15)April 15, 1929 New York City, U.S.
Died	April 8, 2021(2021-04-08) (aged 91) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1960–2001

Richard Rush (April 15, 1929 – April 8, 2021) was an American film director, scriptwriter, and producer. He is known for directing The Stunt Man, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. His film Color of Night won a Golden Raspberry Award as the worst film of 1994, but Maxim magazine also singled the film out as having the best sex scene in film history.^[1] Rush, whose directing career began in 1960, also directed Freebie and the Bean, a police buddy comedy/drama starring Alan Arkin and James Caan. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film Air America.