Richard Glatzer

Birth Name:

Richard Glatzer

Birth Place:

Queens, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

Won the audience award and the grand jury prize for "Quinceañera" at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival
Graduated from the University of Michigan in 1973 and earned his Ph․D․ in English from the University of Virginia
Met Wash Westmoreland, who would become his lifelong partner and collaborator on four films, at a party in 1995
Was hospitalized after a four-year battle with ALS during the 2015 Academy Awards, where Julianne Moore won the award for best leading actress for "Still Alice" and honored him in her acceptance speech
Got his start in daytime reality television on the series "Divorce Court," an experience he later turned into his first film, "Grief," in 1993
Quote: "My medical condition made reading the book [on which Still Alice" is based] quite difficult for me․ It just cut too close to the bone․ But once I'd finished it, I felt determined to make [it] into a movie․ It really resonated with me․""
Quote: "[on filming "Still Alice," for which he communicated using a text-to-speech app on his iPad] "It's ironic that in my deteriorated state I'd be able to make a film that was creatively everything I'd ever wished for․""
Best known as the co-director of "Still Alice" and "Quinceañera" with his husband, Wash Westmoreland

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