Richard de Rochemont
Screenwriter, Film director
1903 – 1982
Who was Richard de Rochemont?
Richard de Rochemont was an American documentary filmmaker in the late 1940s, who also worked on the March of Time newsreel series.
He produced a series of shorts which covered such subjects as World War II, the 1920s, and the Vatican. He produced Crusade in Europe, 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.
He was the brother of documentary filmmaker and feature film producer Louis de Rochemont.
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- Born
- Dec 13, 1903
Chelsea - Also known as
- Richard Guertis de Rochemont
- Richard De Rochemont
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Helen Bentley Bogart
(1924/04/11 - )
- Helen Bentley Bogart
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 2, 1982
Flemington
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on July 23, 2013
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