---
name: "Richard Guay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-guay"
fi1m_id: "richard-guay"
imdb_id: "nm0345491"
tmdb_id: 39595
wikidata_id: "Q3430819"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:26:05.713020+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Richard Guay

## Identity

Richard Guay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-guay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-guay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0345491
- **TMDB ID:** 39595
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3430819
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Guay_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3430819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39595

Producer. Born 1 January 1953 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, United States
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Guay_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3430819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39595

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai*](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Richard Guay is an American film producer based in New York City. He began his career as a production auditor for directors including John Sayles, Mike Nichols and Jonathan Demme, later working as a production executive for studios and companies such as Orion Pictures and New Regency.

Guay's producing credits include *True Love* (1989), which he also co-wrote and which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival; *Dogfight* (1991); *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), directed by Jim Jarmusch; *Kinsey* (2004) as co-producer; and *Shutter* (2008) as associate producer. He has co-written other films including *Household Saints* (1993).

Guay has taught master classes in producing at film schools internationally and served as an artist-in-residence at City College of New York. He is married to director Nancy Savoca.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Many Miracles of Household Saints* (2024), Producer
- *Union Square* (2011), Producer
- *Shutter* (2008), Associate Producer
- *Kinsey* (2004), Co-Producer
- *Dirt* (2003), Writer, Producer
- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)
- *The 24 Hour Woman* (1999), Writer, Producer
- *Subway Stories* (1997), Producer
- *Household Saints* (1993), Screenplay, Producer
- *Dogfight* (1991), Producer
- *True Love* (1989), Writer, Producer
- *Bad Timing* (1982), Producer
- *Renata* (1982), Producer

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