Writing

Richard Friedenberg

USA

Richard Friedenberg is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote the screenplay for A River Runs Through It (1992), starring Brad Pitt, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and the screenplay for the Hallmark Hall of Fame television film Promise (1986), starring James Garner and James Woods, for which he won an Emmy Award. He also wrote the screenplay for Dying Young starring Julia Roberts and wrote and directed The Education of Little Tree (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Friedenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

A River Runs Through It poster
7.0

The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.

A River Runs Through It

1992

Dying Young poster
6.7

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.

Dying Young

1991

Unbroken: Path to Redemption poster
6.7

Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade.

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

2018

The Education of Little Tree poster
6.6

Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents and starts to live with his Indian grandma and grandpa and learn the wisdom of the Cherokee way of life.

The Education of Little Tree

1997

The Education of Little Tree poster
6.6

Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents and starts to live with his Indian grandma and grandpa and learn the wisdom of the Cherokee way of life.

The Education of Little Tree

1997

Of Two Minds poster
6.7

Follows the story of the challenging relationship between Billie and her younger schizophrenic sister, Elizabeth Baby. After their mother dies, Billie takes responsibility by moving Baby in with her family, including her husband, their teenage son and young daughter. At first, Baby and the family work to adjust to their new living arrangement. However, after a disturbing incident involving her son and Baby, it becomes clear to Billie that she and her family are not equipped to handle Baby's illness, ultimately forcing her to make the difficult decision to do what's best for her sister and her family.

Of Two Minds

2012

Twelve Mile Road poster
5.8

A divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer, a summer which changes the lives of the two of them, and their friends and family.

Twelve Mile Road

2003

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas poster
5.6

A woman discovers the truth about her former lover from the diary that his first wife wrote to their son, Nicholas.

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

2005

Mr. and Mrs. Loving poster
6.0

A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America as a loving family.

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996

Mr. and Mrs. Loving poster
6.0

A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America as a loving family.

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996

The Bermuda Triangle poster
5.6

Documentary on with strange goings-on in the 'devil's triangle'.

The Bermuda Triangle

1979

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams poster
6.0

After fleeing into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder, woodsman "Grizzly Adams" discovers an uncanny bond to the indigenous wildlife of the region after rescuing an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he adopts and calls "Ben".

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

1974

The Deerslayer poster
6.0

Frontiersman Hawkeye and his blood brother Chingachgook attempt to rescue the daughter of a chief who was captured by raiders from a rival tribe in this adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tale" of 1841.

The Deerslayer

1978

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont poster
10.0

The true story of one man's struggle to make the wilderness his home and the animals his friends.

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

1976

Snow in August poster
7.2

When a young boy witnesses a crime, he turns to a rabbi, and the ancient mysteries of the Kaballah, for help.

Snow in August

2001