What is Richard Rush (director)?
[[File:Richard Rush (2006).jpg|thumb|200px|Rush in 2006]] '''Richard Rush''' (April 15, 1929 &ndash; April 8, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] movie director, screenwriter and producer. He was best known for his [[Academy Award]]-[[wikt:nominate|nominated]] movie ''[[The Stunt Man]]'' (1980). He also directed the [[Erotic thriller|erotic mystery thriller]] ''[[Color of Night]]'' (1994), which flopped at the [[box office]]. The movie won a [[Golden Raspberry Award]] as the worst movie of 1994. ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' magazine has singled out the movie as having the best sex scene in movie history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://telepixtvcgi.warnerbros.com/reframe.html?http%3A%2F%2Ftelepixtvcgi.warnerbros.com%2Fdailynews%2Fpop%2F12_00%2F12_06a.html|title=Top Sex Scenes of All-Time|date=December 6, 2000|access-date=April 8, 2020|work=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]|archive-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120628224513/http://telepixtvcgi.warnerbros.com/reframe.html?http://telepixtvcgi.warnerbros.com/dailynews/pop/12_00/12_06a.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> His other movies include ''[[Too Soon to Love]]'' (1960), ''[[Hells Angels on Wheels]]'' (1967), ''[[Psych-Out]]'' (1968), ''[[Freebie and the Bean]]'' (1974) and ''[[Air America (movie)|Air America]]'' (1990). Rush was born in [[New York City]]. He died on April 8, 2021 in [[Los Angeles]], aged 91.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dagan |first1=Carmel |title=Richard Rush, 'The Stunt Man' Director, Dies at 91 |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/richard-rush-dead-stunt-man-1234949534/ |website=Variety |date=12 April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0750701|Richard Rush}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rush, Richard}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Movie directors from New York City]] [[Category:Movie producers from New York City]] [[Category:Screenwriters from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}