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Richard Alfred Marquand (22 September 1937 – 4 September 1987) was a British film and television director active in both US and UK film productions,[1] best known for directing 1983's Return of the Jedi. He also directed the critically acclaimed 1981 drama film Eye of the Needle, the quiet Paris set romance Until September, and the hit 1985 thriller Jagged Edge.

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Richard Marquand
Born	Richard Alfred Marquand (1937-09-22)22 September 1937 Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales
Died	4 September 1987(1987-09-04) (aged 49) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Occupation	Film and television director
Spouses	Josephine Elwyn-Jones ​ ​ (m. 1960; div. 1970)​ Carol Bell ​ (m. 1981)​
Children	4, including James
Parent	Hilary Marquand (father)
Relatives	David Marquand (brother)

Early life

Marquand was born in Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales. He was the son of Rachel E. (née Rees) and Hilary Marquand, an economist and Labour MP who served as Minister of Pensions and later Minister of Health under Prime Minister Clement Attlee.[2] He is the younger brother of David Marquand, who also served as a Labour MP.

Marquand was educated at Emanuel School, London, the University of Aix-Marseille in France and King's College, Cambridge, where he read modern languages, and where one of his tutors was E. M. Forster. During National Service he studied Mandarin and was posted to Hong Kong where he also read the news on the English language Hong Kong Television^{[citation needed]}.

Career

By the late 1960s, Marquand had begun a career directing television documentaries for the BBC, where he worked on projects such as the 1972 series Search for the Nile[3] and an edition of One Pair of Eyes (1968),[4] about the novelist Margaret Drabble who had been a friend of his at Cambridge.[5] He collaborated with the celebrated foreign correspondent James Cameron on a long-running series called Cameron Country for BBC television and also with John Pilger on a series of films for ITV. In 1979, Marquand incorporated many of his documentary techniques in his biographical television movie Birth of the Beatles. He directed several films specifically for children including the 1977 Emmy winning Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid.

On the strength of his direction of the 1981 feature, Eye of the Needle, Marquand was hired by writer-producer George Lucas to direct Return of the Jedi.[6] In his commentary track on the DVD, Lucas explains that Marquand "had done some great suspense films and was really good with actors. Eye of the Needle was the film I'd seen that he had done that impressed me the most, it was really nicely done and had a lot of energy and suspense."

Marquand subsequently directed the 1985 courtroom thriller Jagged Edge, starring Jeff Bridges and Glenn Close.

Personal life and death

In 1960, Marquand married screenwriter Josephine Elwyn-Jones, the daughter of Labour MP Elwyn Jones and author and illustrator Pearl Binder. They had two children, Hannah Rachel and James Elwyn, before they divorced in 1970. James Marquand is a film editor who has also worked as a director. In 1981, Marquand married fellow film director Carol Bell, with whom he had another two children, Sam Adair and Molly Joyce. Marquand was a fan of Liverpool Football Club.[3]

According to a 2014 Wales Online interview with his son James, Marquand wrote a screenplay for "a Welsh western" in the late 1970s at the South Wales branch of Pinewood Studios. The screenplay told the story of a young orphan girl in Victorian Mid Wales who enlists two local men to help her wreak revenge on those who killed her father; Marquand used to tell the story to his children when they were on holiday at the family's cottage near Tregaron. Marquand reportedly pitched it to Hollywood producers who expressed interest in making it into a film; however, Marquand declined the offer because the producers insisted the story be relocated to the Rocky Mountains in the United States. In the interview, James Marquand expressed interest in adapting his father's screenplay into a film.[7]

Marquand was driving his children home when he suffered a stroke brought on by an embolism. He reached the destination before collapsing, and died in hospital in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 4 September 1987, 18 days shy of his 50th birthday.^{[citation needed]} His last film, Hearts of Fire, starring Bob Dylan, was released posthumously.[6]

Filmography

Theatrical feature films

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes
		Director	Producer	Writer	Himself
1978	The Legacy	Yes	No	No	No
1979	Birth of the Beatles	Yes	No	No	No
1981	Eye of the Needle	Yes	No	No	No
1983	Return of the Jedi	Yes	No	No	Yes	Cameo as "Maj. Marquand" and voice cameo as "EV-9D9"
1984	Until September	Yes	No	No	No
1985	Jagged Edge	Yes	No	No	No
1987	Hearts of Fire	Yes	Yes	No	No	Posthumous release
1993	Nowhere to Run	No	No	Story	No	Posthumous release

Short films

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Producer	Writer
1973	The Iron Village	Yes	No	No	Documentary
	Between the Anvil and the Hammer	Yes	No	No	Documentary
1975	The Puritan Experience: Making of a New World	Yes	Yes	Yes
	The Puritan Experience: Forsaking England	Yes	Yes	No
	Do Yourself Some Good	Yes	No	No	Documentary

Television films

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes
		Director	Producer	Production assistant	Himself
1964	The Long Journey	No	No	Yes	No
	The Colony	No	No	Yes	No
	Home for Heroes?	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Birmingham '64	No	Yes	No	No
1970	Edward II	Yes	No	No	No	Co-directed with Toby Robertson
	E.M. Forster 1879-1970	No	No	No	Yes	Documentary
1983	Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi	No	No	No	Yes	Documentary
	From 'Star Wars' to 'Jedi': The Making of a Saga	No	No	No	Yes	Documentary

Television series

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes
		Director	Producer	Writer	Himself
1963	This Nation Tomorrow	Yes	No	No	No	Mini-series, 3 episodes
	The Sky at Night	Yes	No	No	No	Documentary, 2 episodes
1963–64	Adventure	Yes	Yes	No	No	Documentary, 2 episodes
1964–65	Landmarks	Yes	No	No	No	Documentary mini-series, 2 episodes
1965	Inside America	Yes	No	No	No	Mini-series, 4 episodes
1966	Inside Ireland	Yes	No	No	No	Mini-series, 2 episodes
	Women, Women, Women	Yes	No	No	No	Mini-series, 2 episodes
1967	Inside Australia	Yes	No	No	Yes	Mini-series: Director (4 episodes) / Narrator (12 episodes)
1967–70	One Pair of Eyes	Yes	No	No	No	Mini-series, 4 episodes
1968–70	Cameron Country	Yes	Yes	No	No	Director (8 episodes) / Producer (episode ''Nobody Ever Asks Why'')
1971	The Search for the Nile	Yes	No	No	No	Mini-series, 2 episodes
1971–73	Omnibus	Yes	Yes	No	No	Documentary: Director (2 episodes) / Producer (episode ''That's My Little Masterpiece'')
1975–76	Pilger	Yes	Yes	No	No	Documentary: Director (4 episodes) / Producer (episode ''Zap!! The Weapon Is Food'')
1976	NBC Special Treat	Yes	No	Yes	No	Director (2 episodes) / Writer (episode ''Luke Was There'');
1987	Omnibus	No	No	No	Yes	Documentary (episode ''Getting to Dylan'')

References

External links

• Richard Marquand at IMDb
• Richard Marquand at AllMovie
• Richard Marquand at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Richard Marquand

Richard Marquand (* 22. September 1937 in Cardiff, Wales; † 4. September 1987 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten) war ein britischer Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent.

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- [en] Richard Marquand

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[es] Richard Marquand

Richard Marquand (Cardiff, Gales, Reino Unido; 28 de septiembre de 1937-Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos; 4 de septiembre de 1987) fue un director de cine y televisión británico de origen galés. Es conocido por haber sido el encargado de la dirección de la tercera y última película de la Trilogía original de Star Wars, Star Wars: Episodio VI - El retorno del Jedi.

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[ru] Маркуанд, Ричард

Ричард Маркуанд (англ. Richard Marquand; 22 сентября 1937 — 4 сентября 1987) — уэльский кинорежиссёр и продюсер. Наиболее известен как режиссёр фильма «Звёздные войны. Эпизод VI: Возвращение джедая».

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