Robert Richter Biography
Robert is an American documentary filmmaker. He has been appointed for Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short twice. Richter started his profession at Oregon Public Broadcasting as a producer-reporter prior to being Director of Public Affairs programming.
Robert Richter Age
He was given birth to on October 23rd 1929 in the U.S.A. He is 94 years old as of October 2023.
Robert Richter Education
After completing from Brooklyn Technical High School, young Robert had to go to west California’s Occidental College for a Telluride Association trial program, then to Reed College and the Iowa Writers Workshop. He got an M.A. in Public Law and Government from Columbia University in the year 1964.
Robert Richter Wife
There’re no much details concerning He’s relationships and engagements in the past.
Robert Richter Career
Richter got to Oregon Public Broadcasting as a producer-reporter after completing from the Iowa Writers Workshop. He afterwards became Director of Public Affairs programs. To add on it, he aired the Pacific Northwest for The New York Times. A CBS News Fellowship absorbed him back to New York, where he got an M.A. in Public Law and Government from Columbia University in the year 1964. He is the last member of the Edward R. Murrow-Fred Friendly CBS Reports duo to further create documentaries. After quitting CBS in the year 1968 to be an independent filmmaker, Richter Productions, Inc. produced more than 50 documentaries that were hosted in prime time on TBS, HBO, CBS, NBC, PBS, ABC, BBC, Discovery and major international TV networks.
Few documentary filmmakers have been awarded as many honors: the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences appointed two Richter films for excellent documentary short; he bagged a 2008 National Emmy for “exceptional merit in nonfiction filmmaking;” the duPont Columbia Broadcast Journalism award (TV’s Pulitzer Prize); the most honored Science Reporting Award from AAAS (American Academy for Advancement of Science); Peabody Awards; and several United States and international film competitions. Richter’s several environmental documentaries got him a Global 500 Award from the United Nations Environment Programme, therefore becoming the first independent producer to win this accolade.
Richter Net Worth
He has a roughly calculated net worth of about 1 million dollars.