Richard Wherrett(1941-2001)

Director
Additional Crew

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Richard Wherrett was born in 1941 in Australia. He was a director, known for The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris (1980), Billy's Holiday (1995) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1992). He died on 7 December 2001 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Known for

The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris

Short

Director

1980

Billy's Holiday (1995)

Billy's Holiday

5.1

Director

1995

Jesus Christ Superstar

Video

Director

1992

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

TV Movie

Director

1996

Credits

Director

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
TV Movie
- Director
- 1996
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
8.4
TV Movie
- Director
- 1995
Billy's Holiday
5.1
- Director
- 1995
Jesus Christ Superstar
Video
- Director
- 1992
The Girl from Moonooloo
TV Movie
- Director
- 1983
The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris
Short
- Director
- 1980
Hamlet
TV Movie
- Director (directed for the stage by)
- 1974
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
TV Movie
- Director
- 1972

Additional Crew

The Ham Funeral
TV Movie
- director: Sydney Theatre Company
- 1990

Personal details

Born
- 1941
- Australia
Died
- December 7, 2001
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia(liver failure)
Other works
He directed the Steven J. Spears' play, "The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin," at the Mayfair Theatre in London, England with Gordon Chater in the cast.

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Trivia
He was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 1984 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the theatre as a producer and director.

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