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Director · Writer · Producer · 1928 to 1991

Tony Richardson

Best rated (directing): The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (7.2)

Directing films
19
Directing avg
6.26
Peak run
1961’66
Oscar wins
1 of 1
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Directing films, by TMDB rating

The career

Tony Richardson, directing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1961 to 1966, 6.68456781960196519701975198019851990The Loneliness of the Lon… 7.2Ned Kelly 4.8Career avg 6.26

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Tony Richardson's career barcodecoolhot
195919 films1994
Current formLast 5: 5.76 vs career 6.26 (−0.50)
  1. LThe Charge of the Light Brigade1968 · 6.2−0.1
  2. LNed Kelly1970 · 4.8−1.5
  3. LThe Border1982 · 6.0−0.3
  4. LThe Hotel New Hampshire1984 · 5.7−0.6
  5. LBlue Sky1994 · 6.1−0.2
As a director, films with 25+ votes

Tony by the numbers

Average
6.26
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.28
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.68
rating spread
Career
36y
1959 to 1994
Total votes
1.41K
across every film
Best
7.2
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Worst
4.8
Ned Kelly
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1994Blue Sky posterBlue Sky6.1157
1984The Hotel New Hampshire posterThe Hotel New Hampshire5.7138
1982The Border posterThe Border6.0151
1977Joseph Andrews posterJoseph Andrews·14
1974Dead Cert posterDead Cert·7
1973A Delicate Balance posterA Delicate Balance·15
1970Ned Kelly posterNed Kelly4.828
1969Hamlet posterHamlet·15
1969Laughter in the Dark posterLaughter in the Dark·7
1968The Charge of the Light Brigade posterThe Charge of the Light Brigade6.280
1967The Sailor from Gibraltar posterThe Sailor from Gibraltar·9
1966Mademoiselle posterMademoiselle7.048
1965The Loved One posterThe Loved One6.247
1963Tom Jones posterTom Jones5.9251
1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner posterThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner7.2177
1961A Taste of Honey posterA Taste of Honey7.1118
1961Sanctuary posterSanctuary·13
1960The Entertainer posterThe Entertainer6.259
1959Look Back in Anger posterLook Back in Anger6.780
Better together?

Tony Richardson's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Tony Richardson and John Addison movies · Tony Richardson and David Watkin movies · Tony Richardson and Walter Lassally movies · Tony Richardson and John Osborne movies

Takes

On Tony Richardson

2 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1964
    Tony Richardson, Producer
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1964
    Tony Richardson
    Won

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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