---
name: "Richard LaGravenese"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-lagravenese"
fi1m_id: "richard-lagravenese"
imdb_id: "nm0481418"
tmdb_id: 2163
wikidata_id: "Q269670"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 October 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-19T04:30:27.982290+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."
---

# Richard LaGravenese

## Identity

Richard LaGravenese

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-lagravenese
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-lagravenese
- **IMDb ID:** nm0481418
- **TMDB ID:** 2163
- **Wikidata ID:** Q269670
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_LaGravenese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269670, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481418/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2163

Writer. Born 30 October 1959 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 October 1959, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Also known as:** Richard Lagravenese
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 4 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Garrett Hedlund](https://film.one/person/garrett-hedlund.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (4), 2010s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 3, Adventure 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $394m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_LaGravenese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269670, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481418/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2163

## Coming up

- *The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey* (2026-12-10), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-murder-of-jonbenet-ramsey.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Behind the Candelabra*](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md) (81)
- **Tubi:** [*The Horse Whisperer*](https://film.one/film/the-horse-whisperer.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Richard LaGravenese is an American screenwriter and film director. He was born on 30 October 1959 in Brooklyn, New York City. He graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1980 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in acting.

LaGravenese wrote the screenplay for *The Fisher King* (1991), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. His other screenwriting credits include *The Bridges of Madison County* (1995), *A Little Princess* (1995), *The Horse Whisperer* (1998), *Water for Elephants* (2011), *Beautiful Creatures* (2013) and *Behind the Candelabra* (2013). He has also directed several films, including *Living Out Loud* (1998), *P.S. I Love You* (2007) and *Freedom Writers* (2007).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Fisher King* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Strait Jacket Yuppie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Fi1m 81, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *The Horse Whisperer* (1998), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-horse-whisperer.md)
- *A Little Princess* (1995), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-little-princess.md)
- *The Bridges of Madison County* (1995), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bridges-of-madison-county.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-murder-of-jonbenet-ramsey.md)
- *A Family Affair* (2024), Director
- *Disenchanted* (2022), Story
- *Call Your Father* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Comedian* (2016), Screenplay
- *Pushing Dead* (2016), as Mugger
- *Unbroken* (2014), Screenplay
- *The Last Five Years* (2014), Producer, Director, Writer
- *The Divide* (2014), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *Beautiful Creatures* (2013), Screenplay, Director
- *Water for Elephants* (2011), Screenplay
- *Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies* (2008), Actor
- *P.S. I Love You* (2007), Director, Screenplay
- *Freedom Writers* (2007), Director, Screenplay
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), Director, Writer
- *A Decade Under the Influence* (2003), Producer, Director
- *Blow* (2001), as Detective #2
- *Living Out Loud* (1998), Writer, Director
- *Beloved* (1998), Screenplay
- *The Horse Whisperer* (1998), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-horse-whisperer.md)
- *The Mirror Has Two Faces* (1996), Screenstory, Screenplay
- *Unstrung Heroes* (1995), Screenplay
- *The Bridges of Madison County* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bridges-of-madison-county.md)
- *A Little Princess* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-little-princess.md)
- *The Ref* (1994), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Fisher King* (1991), as Strait Jacket Yuppie · Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md)
- *Rude Awakening* (1989), Screenplay
- *Blood on the Tracks*, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Richard LaGravenese](https://film.one/media/person/9385/gallery-ea4e6081d18d.jpg) Richard LaGravenese — Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Richard_LaGravenese%2C_September_2017_%282322%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![President Reuven Rivlin, with a delegation of producers and senior executives from the film industry of Hollywood. Sunday, September 10, 2017. Photo Credit: Mar](https://film.one/media/person/9385/gallery-0ce57b30c29c.jpg) President Reuven Rivlin, with a delegation of producers and senior executives from the film industry of Hollywood. Sunday, September 10, 2017. Photo Credit: Mar — Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Reuven_Rivlin_with_a_delegation_of_producers_and_senior_executives_from_the_film_industry_of_Hollywood%2C_September_2017_%282322%29.jpg/1280px-Reuven_Rivlin_with_a_delegation_of_producers_and_senior_executives_from_the_film_industry_of_Hollywood%2C_September_2017_%282322%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Richard LaGravenese](https://film.one/media/person/9385/gallery-71987c26abac.jpg) Richard LaGravenese — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1992: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Fisher King*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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