Richard Earl Cunha Net Worth

Richard Earl Cunha Net Worth is
$1.2 Million

Richard Earl Cunha Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Richard Earl Cunha (March 4, 1922, Honolulu, Hawaii - September 18, 2005, Oceanside, California) was a Hawaiian born cinematographer and film director. Cunha's father was Albert "Sonny" Cunha, a Hawaiian songwriter.During World War II, Cunha served as an aerial photographer for the military, and then was transferred to Hal Roach Studios in Los Angeles, where he made military training films, newsreels and documentaries.After the war, Cunha worked as a TV photographer, eventually working his way to up director of photography for the TV shows Death Valley Days and Branded.Cunha wrote and directed only a handful of films, with his four best-known ones all being low-budget, sci fi-horror B-movies released in 1958 by Astor Pictures -- Giant from the Unknown, She Demons, Missile to the Moon, and Frankenstein's Daughter.In an interview with The Astounding B Monster Archive, Cunha said his low-budget films were completed for around $65,000 apiece and took about six days each to shoot.

Date Of BirthMarch 4, 1922
Died2005-09-18
Place Of BirthHonolulu, Hawaii, USA
ProfessionCinematographer, Director, Writer
Star SignPisces
#Fact
1Co-founded, with Marc Frederic, Layton Film Productions.
2After he left the film business he opened up a video-rental shop in Oceanside, CA, called Video Depot.
3Co-founder, with Arthur P. Jacobs, production company Screencraft Enterprises.
4Children: sons Steven (died 1972), Richard, Michael, Anthony; daughter Kathryn.

Cinematographer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
BrandedTV Series 6 episodes, 1965 director of photography - 1 episode, 1965
Death Valley DaysTV Series 1 episode, 1964 director of photography - 25 episodes, 1964 - 1965
The Silent Witness1962
Bloodlust!1961photography by
Giant from the Unknown1958director of photography - as Richard Cunha
Red Rock Outlaw1949

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Einer Frisst den anderen1964english version
Girl in Room 131960
Frankenstein's Daughter1958as Richard Cunha
Missile to the Moon1958as Richard Cunha
Giant from the Unknown1958
She Demons1958

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Girl in Room 131960
She Demons1958screenplay - as Richard Cunha / story - as Richard Cunha

Camera Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977additional photography - uncredited

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family1996Video documentaryHimself
100 Years of Horror: The Monster Makers1996Video documentaryHimself
100 Years of Horror1996TV Series documentaryHimself - Director, 'She Demons' / Himself / Himself - Director - 'Frankenstein's Daughter' / ...

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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