Richard L. Bare

Birth Name:

Richard Leland Bare

Birth Place:

Modesto, California, United States

Profession

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

In 1959 he was awarded the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television for "77 Sunset Strip"
Recipient of the Paul Muni Award for Best Amateur Film while a student at the University of Southern California
Published the book "The Film Director" in 1971 which is still considered a trade industry must-have
Worked on short films for Warner Brothers throughout much of the '40s and '50s before helming the successful CBS series, "Green Acres"
Announced that he was working on a revival of "Green Acres" in 2007 at the age of 94
Once held the record for the direction of most consecutive television episodes with 168 for "Green Acres"

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