Richard Stanley

Richard Stanley

58 · Born: Nov 22, 1966

Personal Details

BornNov 22, 1966 Fish Hoek, South Africa
Parents
  • Penny Miller

Biography

Richard Stanley, a renowned South African filmmaker, has made a significant impact in the horror genre, captivating audiences with his unique storytelling and cinematic vision.

Early in his career, Stanley began by crafting a series of short films, which ultimately led to his involvement in the creation of music videos. This experience not only honed his skills as a director but also provided a valuable foundation for his future work in feature films.

Stanley's breakthrough in feature filmmaking came with the release of Hardware, a sci-fi horror film that has since become a cult classic. The movie's success can be attributed to its thought-provoking themes, well-developed characters, and Stanley's ability to effectively blend action and suspense.

Another notable achievement in Stanley's filmography is Dust Devil, a supernatural horror film that also garnered a devoted following. The movie's eerie atmosphere, coupled with its exploration of themes such as morality and redemption, has cemented its place as a cult classic.

Throughout his career, Stanley has demonstrated a passion for storytelling and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of the horror genre. His work continues to inspire and influence filmmakers, solidifying his position as a respected figure in the world of horror cinema.

Career

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2022
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2021
{"id":17843,"title":"Vampire Diary","year":"2007","character":"Spanish Rapist","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/vampire-diary","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_17843.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_17843.jpg"},"released":1}
2007
Vampire Diary
Vampire Diary as Spanish Rapist
{"id":53778,"title":"The Secret Glory","year":"2001","character":"Narrator","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-secret-glory","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_53778.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_53778.jpg"},"released":1}
2001
{"id":10059,"title":"The Island of Dr. Moreau","year":"1996","character":"Melting Bulldog (uncredited)","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-island-of-dr-moreau","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1krfssg4csp0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1krfssg4csp0.jpg"},"released":1}
1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau as Melting Bulldog (uncredited)
{"id":264,"title":"12 Monkeys","year":"1995","character":"Man in Transit Lounge (uncredited)","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/12-monkeys","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1rmg0g4hknc0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1rmg0g4hknc0.jpg"},"released":1}
1995
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys as Man in Transit Lounge (uncredited)
{"id":58165,"title":"Brave","year":"1994","character":"Man in the table (uncredited)","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/brave-1994","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_58165.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_58165.jpg"},"released":1}
1994
Brave
Brave as Man in the table (uncredited)
{"id":13589,"title":"Dust Devil","year":"1992","character":"Transforming Dust Devil in Dream Sequence (uncredited)","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/dust-devil","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_13589.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_13589.jpg"},"released":1}
1992
Dust Devil
Dust Devil as Transforming Dust Devil in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
{"id":7571,"title":"Hardware","year":"1990","character":"Talking elevator (voice) (uncredited)","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/hardware","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5pdd7kk5vom0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5pdd7kk5vom0.jpg"},"released":1}
1990
Hardware
Hardware as Talking elevator (voice) (uncredited)
{"id":234374,"title":"The Darkside of Society","year":"2023","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-darkside-of-society","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_234374.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_234374.jpg"},"released":1}
2023
{"id":245638,"title":"A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'","year":"2020","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/a-world-war-ii-fairytale-the-making-of-michael-manns-the-keep","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_245638.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_245638.jpg"},"released":1}
2020
{"id":180278,"title":"Tales of the Uncanny","year":"2020","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/tales-of-the-uncanny","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_180278.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_180278.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":203020,"title":"Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams","year":"2018","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/clark-ashton-smith-the-emperor-of-dreams","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_203020.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_203020.jpg"},"released":1}
2018
{"id":113481,"title":"78\/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene","year":"2017","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/7852-hitchcocks-shower-scene","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_113481.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_113481.jpg"},"released":1}
2017
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{"id":142233,"title":"Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo","year":"2016","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/yellow-fever-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-giallo","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_142233.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_142233.jpg"},"released":1}
2016
{"id":29374,"title":"Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau","year":"2014","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/lost-soul-the-doomed-journey-of-richard-stanleys-island-of-dr-moreau","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_29374.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_29374.jpg"},"released":1}
2014
{"id":10997,"title":"Jodorowsky's Dune","year":"2013","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/jodorowskys-dune","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6lqg9mk5b1u0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6lqg9mk5b1u0.jpg"},"released":1}
2013
{"id":97370,"title":"L'autre monde","year":"2013","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/lautre-monde-2013","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_97370.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_97370.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":265712,"title":"Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare","year":"2009","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/post-traumatic-an-american-nightmare","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_265712.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_265712.jpg"},"released":1}
2009
{"id":79333,"title":"In the Belly of the Beast","year":"2001","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/in-the-belly-of-the-beast","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_79333.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_79333.jpg"},"released":1}
2001
{"id":116122,"title":"Replace","year":"2017","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/replace","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_116122.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_116122.jpg"},"released":1}
2017
Replace
Replace as Writer
{"id":44664,"title":"Imago mortis","year":"2009","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/imago-mortis","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_44664.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_44664.jpg"},"released":1}
2009
{"id":2016,"title":"The Abandoned","year":"2006","job":"Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-abandoned","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_2016.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_2016.jpg"},"released":1}
2006
The Abandoned
The Abandoned as Screenplay
{"id":137344,"title":"Color Out of Space","year":"2019","job":"Director, Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/color-out-of-space","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6saqju63gv20.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6saqju63gv20.jpg"},"released":1}
2019
Color Out of Space
Color Out of Space as Director, Screenplay
{"id":97370,"title":"L'autre monde","year":"2013","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/lautre-monde-2013","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_97370.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_97370.jpg"},"released":1}
2013
L'autre monde
L'autre monde as Director, Writer
{"id":15843,"title":"The Theatre Bizarre","year":"2011","job":"Director, Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-theatre-bizarre","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/303dk3m14tbg.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/303dk3m14tbg.jpg"},"released":1}
2011
The Theatre Bizarre
The Theatre Bizarre as Director, Screenplay
{"id":267232,"title":"The Sea of Perdition","year":"2006","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-sea-of-perdition","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_267232.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_267232.jpg"},"released":1}
2006
{"id":85025,"title":"The White Darkness","year":"2002","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-white-darkness","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_85025.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_85025.jpg"},"released":1}
2002
{"id":53778,"title":"The Secret Glory","year":"2001","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-secret-glory","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_53778.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_53778.jpg"},"released":1}
2001
The Secret Glory
The Secret Glory as Director, Writer
{"id":10059,"title":"The Island of Dr. Moreau","year":"1996","job":"Director, Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/the-island-of-dr-moreau","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1krfssg4csp0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1krfssg4csp0.jpg"},"released":1}
1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau as Director, Screenplay
{"id":58165,"title":"Brave","year":"1994","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/brave-1994","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_58165.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_58165.jpg"},"released":1}
1994
Brave
Brave as Director, Writer
{"id":13589,"title":"Dust Devil","year":"1992","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/dust-devil","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_13589.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_13589.jpg"},"released":1}
1992
Dust Devil
Dust Devil as Director, Writer
{"id":7571,"title":"Hardware","year":"1990","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streamtheatre.com\/us\/movie\/hardware","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5pdd7kk5vom0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streamtheatre.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5pdd7kk5vom0.jpg"},"released":1}
1990
Hardware
Hardware as Director, Writer