1. Donald Richie was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema.
15 Facts About Donald Richie
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In 1947, Donald Richie first visited Japan with the American occupation force, a job he saw as an opportunity to escape from Lima, Ohio.
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Donald Richie first worked as a typist, and then as a civilian staff writer for the Pacific Stars and Stripes.
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Donald Richie was writing movie reviews in the Stars and Stripes.
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Donald Richie began composing contemporary music and released a title for ballet at that time.
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Donald Richie then returned to Japan as film critic for The Japan Times and in 1959 published his first book, The Japanese Film: Art and Industry, coauthored with Joseph Anderson, which gave the first English language account of Japanese film.
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Donald Richie spent much of the second half of the 20th century living and working alone in Tokyo, with the exception of a brief marriage to the American writer Mary Evans from 1961 to 1965.
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Donald Richie served as Curator of Film at the New York Museum of Modern Art from 1969 to 1972.
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Donald Richie is credited with raising the awareness of several film festivals including the Hawaii International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, San Francisco International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Film Festival amongst others, serving as a juror and speaker.
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Donald Richie served as a guest director at Telluride and has received awards from HIFF and SFIFF for his years of support.
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Donald Richie has compiled two collections of essays on Japan: A Lateral View and Partial Views.
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Donald Richie was honored by his adopted home with a number of awards including being inducted as a member of the Order of the Rising Sun in 2005.
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Donald Richie died, aged 88, on February 19,2013, in Tokyo.
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Donald Richie wrote the English subtitles for Akira Kurosawa's films Throne of Blood, Red Beard, Kagemusha and Dreams.
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An early supporter of the Hawaii International Film Festival, Donald Richie has been recognized as introducing Roger Ebert to Japanese cinema through Donald Richie's recommendation of Ebert to serve with him on the festival jury.