Richard LaGravenese

Writing

Richard LaGravenese

Born 1959-10-30 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Richard LaGravenese (born October 30, 1959) is an American screenwriter and occasional film director. He is best known as the writer of The Fisher King. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard LaGravenese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Acting credits

Blow poster
7.4

The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.

Blow

2001

The Fisher King poster
7.3

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

The Fisher King

1991

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7.0

Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies to insiders in Hollywood who took control of their own stories. Interviews, film clips and home movies from Italian American filmmakers highlight personal experiences and comment on Hollywood's politics and cultural impact.

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

2008

Pushing Dead poster
6.0

When a struggling writer, HIV positive for 20+ years, accidentally deposits a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for earning too much. In this new era of sort-of universal care, can he take on a helpless bureaucracy or come up with $3000 a month to buy meds on his own?

Pushing Dead

2016

An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County' poster
8.4

Follow the difficult birth and full realization of this beautifully told romance through its many twists and turns. Through interviews with Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, screenwriter Richard LaGravenese and many others, this documentary reveals the commitment, hard work and creativity it took to bring to the screen this classic love story in the style of George Stevens or John Ford.

An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'

2008

Behind the camera

The Bridges of Madison County poster
7.7

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

The Bridges of Madison County

1995

Freedom Writers poster
7.9

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Freedom Writers

2007

Freedom Writers poster
7.9

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Freedom Writers

2007

Unbroken poster
7.4

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

Unbroken

2014

The Fisher King poster
7.3

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

The Fisher King

1991

Beautiful Creatures poster
6.0

Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.

Beautiful Creatures

2013

Beautiful Creatures poster
6.0

Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.

Beautiful Creatures

2013

Paris Je T'aime poster
6.8

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

Paris Je T'aime

2006

Paris Je T'aime poster
6.8

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

Paris Je T'aime

2006

The Horse Whisperer poster
6.9

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

The Horse Whisperer

1998

Behind the Candelabra poster
6.6

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

Behind the Candelabra

2013

A Little Princess poster
7.6

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.

A Little Princess

1995

P.S. I Love You poster
7.2

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

P.S. I Love You

2007

P.S. I Love You poster
7.2

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

P.S. I Love You

2007

A Family Affair poster
5.8

The only thing worse than being the assistant to a high-maintenance movie star who doesn't take you seriously? Finding out he's smitten with your mom.

A Family Affair

2024

Water for Elephants poster
6.9

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

Water for Elephants

2011

The Comedian poster
5.7

An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.

The Comedian

2016

The Mirror Has Two Faces poster
6.7

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect.

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996

Beloved poster
5.8

After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

Beloved

1998

The Ref poster
6.6

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

The Ref

1994

The Ref poster
6.6

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

The Ref

1994

A Decade Under the Influence poster
7.9

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.

A Decade Under the Influence

2003

A Decade Under the Influence poster
7.9

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.

A Decade Under the Influence

2003

The Last Five Years poster
5.9

In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.

The Last Five Years

2014