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Richard Lyford

Richard Lyford

His early years he worked with Walt Disney doing animations in the late forties. In 1950, he co-directed and edited The Titan: Story of Michelangelo which won an Academy Award for documentary feature in 1950. In 1951, he moved to Saudi Arabia to produce a documentary on the history of the Arab people. In 1956, this documentary was shown on the national TV and around the world called Island Of Allah.[1] In 1969, Richard Lyford returned to the Persian Gulf to produce a 93 minute movie about a young Arab pearl diver called "Hamad And The Pirates" which came out in 1971. -Wikipedia

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Known For

  • The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
  • Shining Rails
  • Island of Allah
  • 7 Wise Dwarfs
  • Miyah: A Story of Water
  • Hamad and the Pirates
  • Ritual of the Dead
  • The Scalpel
  • Nosey, the Sweetest Skunk in the West
  • Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon
  • As the Earth Turns
  • An Otter in the Family
  • The Phantom of Terror