Richard Lederer

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Role

Writer

Date of birth

09/22/1916

Date of death

06/08/2007

Place of birth

Far Rockaway, New York, USA

Richard Lederer

Biography

Richard Lederer was the co-producer for Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and vice president of world wide advertising and publicity at Warner Bros. studios for fifteen years. He established a reputation as one of the most versatile and imaginative executives in film industry. Campaigns for such major releases as My Fair Lady, Bonnie and Clyde, Summer of 42, Dirty Harry and The Exorcist (1973) were under Lederer's guidence. Exorcist II: The Heretic is Lederer's first film as a solo producer. He returned to produce _Hollywood Nights, The (1980)_. Currently he works as a successful finacier of Warner Bros.

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