Richard Lyford

Richard H Lyford (born 7 October 1917; died November 4, 1985, North Hollywood, Los Angeles) was an American filmmaker.

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.

References

  1. ↑ Robert Vitalis (2007). America's kingdom: mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier. Stanford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-8047-5446-0.