Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)

Michael Ritchie (filmmaker)

American film director (1938–2001)

Michael Brunswick Ritchie was an American film director, producer, and writer of films with comical or satirical leanings, such as The Candidate (1972) and Smile (1975). He scored commercial successes directing sports films like Downhill Racer (1969) and The Bad News Bears…