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name: "David Lowell Rich"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "31 August 1920"
died: "21 October 2001"
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average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-16T15:51:12.170178+00:00"
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# David Lowell Rich

Director. Born 31 August 1920 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. Died 21 October 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 31 August 1920, Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 21 October 2001
- **Active:** 1959–1966
- **Works often with:** Allen H. Miner, Buck Houghton, Ralph Senensky, Robert Butler, Robert Gist

## Biography

David Lowell Rich (1920–2001) was an American film and television director and producer. He directed nearly 100 films and episodes between 1950 and 1987, working extensively in anthology and drama series during the 1960s.

His television credits include episodes of *The Twilight Zone* (1963), *Mission: Impossible*, *Mannix*, *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* and *Route 66*. In features he directed *Madame X* (1966), *Eye of the Cat* (1969) and *The Concorde... Airport '79* (1979). He also made several television disaster films in the 1970s.

Rich won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding direction of a special for *The Defection of Simas Kudirka* (1978). His brother was the director John Rich.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *The Concorde... Airport '79* (1979), Director
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Director
- *Mannix* (1967), Director
- *Madame X* (1966), Director
- *Eye of the Cat* (1969), Director
- *Maverick* (1957), Director
- *Satan's School for Girls* (1973), Director
- *Cannon* (1971), Director

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