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| 3 | Michael Brunswick Ritchie (November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001) was an American film and television director. |
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| 5 | Born in Wisconsin, Ritchie and his family later moved to Berkeley, California. From there, he attended [[IvyLeagueForEveryone Harvard University]], where he became involved in theater and interested in directing. He worked on TV series before making his feature directorial debut with ''Film/DownhillRacer'' (1969). Ritchie was especially known for making sports-related movies and comedies. His last film as a director was ''Film/ASimpleWish'' (1997). |
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| 7 | Ritchie was also the author of ''Please Stand By'', a 1994 non-fiction book about the history of television from the 1920s to the 1940s. |
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| 9 | Not to be confused with the British author Creator/MichaelJRitchie. |
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| 12 | !!Works directed by Michael Ritchie with TV Tropes pages: |
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| 15 | [[folder:Films]] |
| 16 | [[index]] |
| 17 | * ''Film/DownhillRacer'' (1969) |
| 18 | * ''Film/PrimeCut'' (1972) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheCandidate'' (1972) |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Smile|1975}}'' (1975) |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' (1976) |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{The Island|1980}}'' (1980) |
| 23 | * ''Film/StudentBodies'' (1981) (uncredited) |
| 24 | * ''Film/TheSurvivors'' (1983) |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Fletch}}'' (also its sequel, ''Fletch Lives'' (1989)) |
| 26 | * ''Film/{{Wildcats|1986}}'' (1986) |
| 27 | * ''Film/TheGoldenChild'' (1986) |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{Diggstown}}'' (1992) |
| 29 | * ''Film/CoolRunnings'' (1993) (story only) |
| 30 | * ''Film/TheScout'' (1994) |
| 31 | * ''Theatre/TheFantasticks'' (made in 1995, released in 2000) |
| 32 | * ''Film/ASimpleWish'' (1997) |
| 33 | [[/index]] |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
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| 36 | [[folder:Television]] |
| 37 | * ''Series/DrKildare'' (3 episodes, 1965) |
| 38 | * ''Series/TheBigValley'' (3 episodes, 1966) |
| 39 | * ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' (1 episode, 1966) |
| 40 | * ''Series/TheFelonySquad'' (3 episodes, 1966) |
| 41 | [[/folder]] |
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