Richard Goodwin

Richard B. Goodwin (born 13 September 1934)

Producer Goodwin's earliest credits are as a location and production manager, and after working as associate producer on Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968), he produced The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971), featuring the Royal Ballet. John Brabourne's father in law, Lord Mountbatten, assisted in securing the film rights to several Agatha Christie novels, from Christie herself. The film was a success, grossing $35 million from a budget of $1.9 million. Directed by Sidney Lumet, the cast included Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, and Ingrid Bergman. Death on the Nile (1978) with a cast headed by Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot with Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, and David Niven. The later adaptions, The Mirror Crack'd (1980), and Evil Under the Sun (1982), received mixed reviews, and were disappointments at the box office.

In 1981, Goodwin and John Brabourne finally secured the rights to produce E. M. Forster's A Passage to India (1984). A Passage to India (1984) opened to positive notices, and received 11 Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture, for which Goodwin and Brabourne were nominated as producers. They lost to Amadeus, but their feature film won two Oscars: Best Supporting Actress for Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and best music for Maurice Jarre.

Their next major project was Little Dorrit (1988). Little Dorrit was the last film that John Brabourne and Goodwin made together.

Year Title Role 1960 Sink the Bismarck! Special Effects Unit Manager 1962 H.M.S. Defiant Production Manager1963 An Evening with the Royal Ballet Associate Producer 1964 King and Country Associate Producer 1965 The Hollow Crown Production Manager 1965 Othello Associate Producer 1966 The Mikado Associate Producer 1968 Romeo and Juliet Associate Producer 1968 The Dance of Death Associate Producer 1971 The Tales of Beatrix Potter Producer; Screen Adaption 1975 Murder on the Orient Express Producer 1977 The Little Match Girl Director 1978 Death on the Nile Producer 1979 Stories from a Flying Trunk Producer 1981 The Mirror Crack'd Producer 1981 The Nightingale Director; Producer 1982 Evil Under the Sun Producer 1983 Biddy Producer 1984Ingrid Cast member 1985 A Passage to India Producer1987 Little Dorrit Producer 1990 The Last Picture Show? interviewee 1990 The Main to RegensburgDirector, Producer, Presenter 1990 Paris 'b''' Director 1990 Montbard to Mulhouse| Director 1990 Paris to Montbard| Director, Producer, Presenter 1990 Mulhouse to the Rhine| Director 1990 Paris 'a'| Director 1990 Vienna| Director, Producer, Presenter 1990 Danube| Director 1990 London to Calais| Director, Producer, Presenter 1990 Calais to Belgium| Director 1990 Regensberg to Grein| Director 1990 Fumay to Paris| Director 1990 Belgium to France| Director 1990 The Fool| Producer 1991 As You Like It| Executive Producer 1994 De Amor Y De Sombra| Producer 1997 Seven Years in Tibet'' Executive producer