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Richard Shepard
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- Producer
- Writer
In short · Directing since 1989, 5 decades active, 17 credits, 1 Primetime Emmy Award win.
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Biography
Richard Shepard, born in 1965 in New York City, New York, is an American film and television director and screenwriter. In 2007, he received both a Directors Guild of America Award and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for the television pilot *Ugly Betty*.
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13 credits
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas(2021)
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Film
The Perfection(2018)
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Film
Tokyo Project(2017)
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Film
Dom Hemingway(2013)
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Film
The Hunting Party(2007)
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Film
The Matador(2005)
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Film
Criminal Minds(2005)
Directors
TV
Class Warfare(2001)
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Mexico City(2000)
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Film
Oxygen(1999)
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Mercy(1995)
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The Linguini Incident(1991)
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Cool Blue(1989)
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Film
Writer
1 credit
Producer
1 credit
Awards & Nominations
1 winPrimetime Emmy Award
- Won2007Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series — Richard Shepard
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Gersh Agency· Updated Jun 10, 2026
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- Film GeekSelf - Narrator · 2023
- I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleSelf · 2009
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