Donald Richie was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Richie also directed a number of experimental films. (Wikipedia)

KNOWN FOR

Rikyu
1989
Kurosawa
2000
Birth of a Nation
1997
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
2006
I Lived, But...
1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
Emotion
1966
The Inland Sea
1991
Tokyo 1958
1958
Under the Skin
2002
Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes
1969

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
13
Directing
12
Writing
4
Editing
2
Sound
2
2007
Teshigahara and Abe
as Self
2006
A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki
as Self
2006
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
as Self
2002
Under the Skin
as Himself
2000
Kurosawa
as Self
1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Self
1997
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1991
The Inland Sea
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Rikyu
as Priest
1983
I Lived, But...
as Self
1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1966
Emotion
as Narrator (voice)
1958
Tokyo 1958