
Directing
Richard Riddiford
Place of birth
New Zealand
Known for
Directing
Credits
8 titles
Richard Riddiford is a New Zealander film and documentary director, producer and writer who spans finance, politics, history and the arts. He has also directed and co-written two film features - Peter Hayden/Judy McIntosh romance Arriving Tuesday (1986), and thriller Zilch! (1989) on his native New Zealand.
Known for
5.0Sam works on the tolls and likes to listen. He overhears more than he bargains for and becomes embroiled in a mishmash of corruption and blackmail. Anna is a hooker who specializes in throwing tomatoes at ageing weirdos. Sam and Anna's paths cross as he works to expose shady maneuvrings by the CEO of Infacorp, who is out to land a contract to build a tunnel under Auckland harbour.
Zilch
1989
10.0“I’d never share a rope with him” is about as damning a comment as anyone can make about a fellow mountaineer. Sir Edmund Hillary’s words about Earle Riddiford in his last autobiography set the uneasy tone of this nuanced documentary by Earle’s son Richard Riddiford.
Before Everest
2020
8.2Monica arrives back from her big overseas experience to find her boyfriend Nick unchanged. Although Nick styles himself an artist, he is really something of a cultural redneck, and when the couple head up north for a break, and they meet up with Riki, a poet, who is rather less shallow and charming.
Arriving Tuesday
1986
NRFrankie and Ben are stranded together on a rooftop for the weekend when the door blows shut following an office party.
Flamingo
2020
A charming portrait of 90's New York dog-walking culture.
The Dogs of Manhattan
1998
Behind the camera
5.0Sam works on the tolls and likes to listen. He overhears more than he bargains for and becomes embroiled in a mishmash of corruption and blackmail. Anna is a hooker who specializes in throwing tomatoes at ageing weirdos. Sam and Anna's paths cross as he works to expose shady maneuvrings by the CEO of Infacorp, who is out to land a contract to build a tunnel under Auckland harbour.
Zilch
1989
10.0“I’d never share a rope with him” is about as damning a comment as anyone can make about a fellow mountaineer. Sir Edmund Hillary’s words about Earle Riddiford in his last autobiography set the uneasy tone of this nuanced documentary by Earle’s son Richard Riddiford.
Before Everest
2020
8.2Monica arrives back from her big overseas experience to find her boyfriend Nick unchanged. Although Nick styles himself an artist, he is really something of a cultural redneck, and when the couple head up north for a break, and they meet up with Riki, a poet, who is rather less shallow and charming.
Arriving Tuesday
1986
8.2Monica arrives back from her big overseas experience to find her boyfriend Nick unchanged. Although Nick styles himself an artist, he is really something of a cultural redneck, and when the couple head up north for a break, and they meet up with Riki, a poet, who is rather less shallow and charming.
Arriving Tuesday
1986
NRFrankie and Ben are stranded together on a rooftop for the weekend when the door blows shut following an office party.
Flamingo
2020
NRFrankie and Ben are stranded together on a rooftop for the weekend when the door blows shut following an office party.
Flamingo
2020
NRFrankie and Ben are stranded together on a rooftop for the weekend when the door blows shut following an office party.
Flamingo
2020
A charming portrait of 90's New York dog-walking culture.
The Dogs of Manhattan
1998
