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Richard Chew is a Associate Producer, Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 28 june 1940 at Los Angeles (USA)

Richard Chew

Richard Chew
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Birth name Richard Franklin Chew
Nationality USA
Birth 28 june 1940 (83 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Richard Franklin Chew (born 28 June 1940) is an American film editor, producer, and cinematographer, best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), alongside Paul Hirsch and Marcia Lucas. Other notable films include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Risky Business (1983), Waiting to Exhale (1995), That Thing You Do! (1996), and I Am Sam (2001). His career as an editor and cinematographer of a variety of films spans more than four decades.

Biography

Après s'être essayé au montage sur trois documentaires à la fin des années 1960, le premier film de Richard Chew à ce poste est Conversation secrète de Francis Ford Coppola (avec Gene Hackman et John Cazale), sorti en 1974.

Suit une trentaine d'autres films américains (parfois en coproduction), la sortie du dernier à ce jour, Bolden!, étant prévue fin 2015.

Mentionnons également Star Wars, épisode IV : Un nouvel espoir de George Lucas (1977, avec Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher et Harrison Ford), Singles de Cameron Crowe (1992, avec Bridget Fonda et Campbell Scott), Sam, je suis Sam de Jessie Nelson (2001, avec Sean Penn et Michelle Pfeiffer), ainsi que Les Runaways de Floria Sigismondi (2010, avec Kristen Stewart et Dakota Fanning).

Parmi les distinctions reçues à ce jour (voir sélection ci-dessous), il gagne en 1978 l'Oscar du meilleur montage, pour l'épisode IV de Star Wars précité — après une première nomination deux ans auparavant —. Et il obtient trois nominations au British Academy Film Award, dans la même catégorie, dont deux gagnés (le premier pour Conversation secrète susvisé).

Best films

Star Wars (1977)
(Editor)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
(Supervising Film Editor)
I Am Sam (2002)
(Editor)
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
(Editor)
Risky Business (1983)
(Editor)
The New World (2006)
(Editor)

Usually with

Joe Roth
Joe Roth
(3 films)
Paul Brickman
Paul Brickman
(2 films)
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Chew (30 films)

Display filmography as list

Producer

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, 1h38
Directed by Joe Roth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Courtney Thorne-Smith
Roles Associate Producer
Rating51% 2.5545952.5545952.5545952.5545952.554595
The Lambda Lambda Lambda from Adams College are packing their suitcases to get ready for a national fraternity convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Just before heading to the airport, Lewis' (Robert Carradine) best friend Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) explains to him that he feels stupid that he cannot come, due to breaking his leg (during a chess match).

Cameraman

Editor

The Public
The Public (2019)

Directed by Emilio Estevez
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Michael K.Williams, Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.298413.298413.298413.298413.29841
Après l'arrivée soudaine d'une vague de froid, la bibliothèque publique de Cincinnati devient un refuge pour de nombreuses personnes démunies ou sans-abri. Cela n'est pas sans poser quelques petits problèmes de cohabitation au sein de l'établissement. Les occupants de la bibliothèque sont par ailleurs confrontés aux forces de police...
The Way
The Way (2010)
, 2h1
Directed by Emilio Estevez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Actors Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Deborah Kara Unger, Yorick van Wageningen, James Nesbitt, Renée Estevez
Roles Editor
Rating72% 3.6481753.6481753.6481753.6481753.648175
Thomas Avery (Martin Sheen) is an American ophthalmologist who goes to France following the death of his adult son, Daniel (Emilio Estevez), killed in the Pyrenees during a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James), a Catholic pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Tom's purpose is initially to retrieve his son's body. However, in a combination of grief and homage to his son, Tom decides to walk the ancient spiritual trail where his son died, taking Daniel's ashes with him.
The Runaways, 1h49
Directed by Floria Sigismondi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve, Alia Shawkat
Roles Editor
Rating64% 3.249563.249563.249563.249563.24956
Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning) is a teenager in Los Angeles, California who desperately wants to be a rock star. She idolizes David Bowie and cuts her hair and dons make-up so she will resemble Bowie's character Aladdin Sane. At her high school talent show, she lip syncs to "Lady Grinning Soul" and, despite some hecklers in the audience, wins.
The New World, 2h52
Directed by Terrence Malick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, Ben Chaplin, August Schellenberg
Roles Editor
Rating66% 3.3487453.3487453.3487453.3487453.348745
In 1607, Pocahontas, the spirited and adventurous twelve-year-old daughter of Chief Powhatan, and others from her tribe witness the arrival of three ships sent by English royal charter to found a colony in the New World. Aboard one of the ships is Captain John Smith, below decks, in chains. While initially sentenced to death by hanging for his mutinous remarks, once ashore, Smith is pardoned by Captain Christopher Newport, the leader of the expedition.
Bobby
Bobby (2006)
, 2h
Directed by Emilio Estevez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about families, Political films
Actors Nicholas Cannon, Harry Belafonte, Emilio Estevez, Joy Bryant, Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham
Roles Editor
Rating69% 3.4973453.4973453.4973453.4973453.497345
The film recreates the ambiance of the era and invokes the hopes inspired by Kennedy through the use of actual broadcast and newsfilm footage of the senator intercut with dramatic sequences involving mostly fictional characters. It uses an ensemble plot device similar to that employed in the 1932 film Grand Hotel, and later used by Robert Altman in Nashville.
First Daughter, 1h44
Directed by Forest Whitaker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films, White House in fiction
Actors Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Amerie, Michael Keaton, Margaret Colin, Lela Rochon
Roles Editor
Rating51% 2.565512.565512.565512.565512.56551
Samantha MacKenzie (Katie Holmes) is the daughter of United States president John MacKenzie (Michael Keaton). She has been in the public eye her whole life. Having to deal with lack of privacy and public scrutiny for the most ridiculous things. She has recently spent a sheltered existence in the White House with her parents, but her father is usually too busy to look after her. Accompanied by Secret Service agents everywhere she goes, including the ladies room, Samantha finally believes she has the chance to break out of her cocoon when she is given the opportunity to attend college in California.
I Am Sam
I Am Sam (2002)
, 2h12
Directed by Jessie Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff
Roles Editor
Rating75% 3.7999053.7999053.7999053.7999053.799905
Sam Dawson (Sean Penn), a man with a developmental disability, is the single father of Lucy (Dakota Fanning), following their abandonment by her mother, who is revealed to be a homeless woman who "just needed a place to sleep". Despite his limitations, Sam is well-adjusted and has a supportive group of friends with developmental disabilities, as well as a kind, agoraphobic neighbor Annie (Dianne Wiest) who takes care of Lucy when Sam cannot. Though Sam provides a loving and caring environment for precocious Lucy, she soon surpasses his mental ability. Other children tease her for having a "retard" as a father, and she becomes too embarrassed to accept that she is more intellectually advanced than Sam.
Shanghai Noon, 1h50
Directed by Tom Dey
Origin USA
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Buddy films
Actors Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Xander Berkeley, Walton Goggins, Yu Rongguang
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.298383.298383.298383.298383.29838
In 1881, Chon Wang (Chan) is a Chinese Imperial Guard in the Forbidden City. After Princess Pei-Pei, for whom Wang has affection, is abducted and taken to the United States, the Emperor of China sends three of his guards to retrieve her. Wang is not one of the three, but he tells the Captain of the Imperial Guards that it was his fault the princess was kidnapped and insists on joining them. The Captain first refuses, but when the Royal Interpreter, Wang's uncle, offers to allow Wang to come help with the baggage, the Captain agrees in the hopes that the "foreign devils" would get rid of Wang. In Nevada, Roy O'Bannon (Wilson) is an outlaw who, with his gang, hijacks the train Wang is on. When Wallace, a member of Roy's gang, kills Wang's uncle, Wang chases the outlaws down. However, the gang is well-armed and Wang's only choice is to unhinge the cars and get away on the engine. In the process, Wallace takes over the gang from Roy, and they leave him buried up to his chin in the desert sand. Meanwhile, Pei-Pei, who was tricked into believing she was freely escaping her arranged marriage in China, finds out she has been kidnapped by an agent of Lo Fong, who ran away from the Forbidden City and was viewed as a traitor by the Chinese.
Hope Floats, 1h55
Directed by Forest Whitaker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick, Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman, Michael Paré, Cameron Finley
Roles Editor
Rating60% 3.001973.001973.001973.001973.00197
Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) is a Chicago housewife who is invited onto a talk show under the pretense of getting a free makeover but instead is ambushed with the revelation that her husband Bill has been having an affair with her best friend Connie. Humiliated on national television, Birdee and her daughter Bernice (Mae Whitman) move back to Birdee's hometown of Smithville, Texas, with Birdee's eccentric mother Ramona (Gena Rowlands) to make a fresh start. As Birdee and Bernice leave Chicago, Birdee gives Bernice a letter from her father, telling Bernice how much he misses her.
That Thing You Do!, 1h48
Directed by Tom Hanks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Tom Hanks
Roles Editor
Rating69% 3.4993553.4993553.4993553.4993553.499355
In 1964, Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) is an aspiring jazz drummer who works at his family's Erie, Pennsylvania, appliance store. Jimmy Mattingly (Johnathon Schaech) and Lenny Haise (Steve Zahn) ask Guy to sit in with their band at the annual Mercyhurst College talent show, because their regular drummer Chad (Giovanni Ribisi) has broken his arm. The last member of the group is the bass player, who is never referred to by name (Ethan Embry). The group rehearses a ballad titled "That Thing You Do". Jimmy's girlfriend, Faye Dolan (Liv Tyler), is inspired by Guy's reaction to the song (he exclaims, "Wonderful!") and names the group "The Oneders" (pronounced "Wonders"); a running gag has various people mispronouncing it as "Oh-need-ers".
Waiting to Exhale, 2h7
Directed by Forest Whitaker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines, Dennis Haysbert
Roles Editor
Rating60% 3.0012353.0012353.0012353.0012353.001235
"Friends are the People who let you be yourself—and Never let you forget it"
Tall Tale
Tall Tale (1995)
, 1h38
Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Patrick Swayze, Nick Stahl, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Scott Glenn, Catherine O'Hara
Roles Editor
Rating59% 2.9525552.9525552.9525552.9525552.952555
In 1905, Daniel Hackett (Nick Stahl), a young farmer from the western town of Paradise Valley, is unhappy with his life as a farmer and dreams of life in New York City. His father, Jonas (Stephen Lang), likes to tell Daniel tall tales about Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry to which Daniel has heard many times leading him to doubt their existence. Meanwhile, Paradise Valley is being coveted by a greedy developer, J.P. Stiles (Scott Glenn). Stiles attempts to convince area farmers to sell their land to him, most notably Jonas as his farm lies in the center of where he wants to develop. However, when Jonas refuses to hand up his deed, Stiles hunts him down and shoots him, but not before Jonas hands the deed off to Daniel for safe keeping.
Mi Vida Loca, 1h32
Directed by Allison Anders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Political films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Seidy López, Jacob Vargas, Salma Hayek, Danny Trejo, Jesse Borrego, Spike Jonze
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.251333.251333.251333.251333.25133
Mi Vida Loca tells the story of young Mexican-American women in Los Angeles and the struggles they have in a life of early motherhood while being members of a street gang. Mousie (Seidy López) and Sad Girl (Angel Aviles) are best friends from childhood, growing up in Echo Park, a neighborhood that had a significant amount of gang activity in the 1980s and 1990s, and remaining loyal to each other. But when Sad Girl sleeps with Mousie's boyfriend (a member of their neighborhood gang who is killed in a drug deal gone bad) and becomes pregnant, their friendship is ruptured.