Richard Stanley is a South African filmmaker, known for his work in the horror genre. He began his career making short films and music videos, and subsequently directed the feature films Hardware and Dust Devil, both of which are considered cult classics.

KNOWN FOR

Twelve Monkeys
1995
Color Out of Space
2020
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
Hardware
1990
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3
Dagon
2001
Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
The Abandoned
2006
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Dust Devil
1992
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
31
Directing
15
Writing
18
Producing
5
Crew
1
2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Self
2025
Zone
as Self
2025
The Dark Fantastic
as Self
2024
Shadowland
as Self - Filmmaker
2023
The Darkside of Society
as Self
2021
Exegesis Lovecraft
as Self
2020
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
2018
Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams
as Self
2017
Cult of Terror
as Self - Filmmaker
2017
78/52
as Self
2016
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
as Self
2015
Uncovering Wolfen
as Self
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self
2014
All About the Girl: Memories of a Giallo Gem
as self
2013
Jodorowsky's Dune
as Self - Filmmaker
2013
The Otherworld
as Self
2009
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
as Self
2009
No Flesh Shall Be Spared
2007
Vampire Diary
as Spanish Rapist
2001
In the Belly of the Beast
as Self
2001
Dagon
as Fish Monster (uncredited)
1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Bulldog Man (uncredited)
1995
Twelve Monkeys
as Man in Transit Lounge (uncredited)
1994
Brave
as Man in the table (uncredited)
1992
Dust Devil
as Transforming Dust Devil in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
1990
Hardware
as Talking elevator (voice) (uncredited)
1985
Incidents in an Expanding Universe
as Clean Shaven Pretentious Filmmaker / Greasy Beggar / Green Army Gunner / 3-Eyed Mutant / Green Army Flag Bearer / Alien Vendor
1983
Rites of Passage
as Primordial Man
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3
as Balthazar Von Woozle
Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble
as Balthazar Von Woozle
Fantastic Women
as Self