Richard Friedenberg

19 Credits

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Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

2018

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angr...

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

2013

Teleplay

5.3

“Ring of Fire” recounts June’s meteoric rise to fame with The Carter Family, considered the First Family of country music, before breaking out on her ...

Of Two Minds

Of Two Minds

2012

Writer

6.6
Writing

Follows the story of the challenging relationship between Billie and her younger schizophrenic sister, Elizabeth Baby. After their mother dies, Billie...

The 19th Wife

The 19th Wife

2010

Teleplay

4.7

Fundamentalist sect member BeckyLyn is accused of killing her husband. Queenie, another wife in the polygamist sect, doesn't believe BeckyLyn is capab...

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

2005

Director, Teleplay

5.4
Directing

A woman discovers the truth about her former lover from the diary that his first wife wrote to their son, Nicholas.

Twelve Mile Road

Twelve Mile Road

2003

Director, Teleplay

5.6
Directing

A divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer, a summer which changes the lives of the two of them, and their friends and fa...

Snow in August

Snow in August

2001

Director, Teleplay

6.8
Directing

When a young boy witnesses a crime, he turns to a rabbi, and the ancient mysteries of the Kaballah, for help.

The Education of Little Tree

The Education of Little Tree

1997

Director, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Writing

Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy, who, during the time of the depression, loses his parents and starts to live with his Indian grandma and gr...

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996

Director, Screenplay

5.6
Directing Writing

A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple ...

A River Runs Through It

A River Runs Through It

1992

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a ministe...

Dying Young

Dying Young

1991

as Jeopardy Contestant

6.7
Acting

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse...

Dying Young

Dying Young

1991

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse...

Promise

Promise

1986

Co-Producer, Teleplay

6.8
Producing

Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earlier—to care for his younger brother DJ, who is schi...

The Rogue & Grizzly

The Rogue & Grizzly

1982

Camera Operator

A 19th-century New Englander becomes a mountain man friendly with an Indian and a bear.

Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

1981

Teleplay

1.0

A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the political...

The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle

1979

Director

5.0
Directing

Documentary on with strange goings-on in the 'devil's triangle'.

The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

1978

Director

5.0
Directing

Frontiersman Hawkeye and his blood brother Chingachgook attempt to rescue the daughter of a chief who was captured by raiders from a rival tribe in th...

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

1976

Director

Directing

The true story of one man's struggle to make the wilderness his home and the animals his friends.

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

1974

Director

6.2
Directing

After fleeing into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder, woodsman "Grizzly Adams" discovers an uncanny bond to the indigenous wildlife ...