Richard Shepard Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

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Stopping Power

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Cusack

Synopsis: Jan de Bont directs John Cusack in Stopping Power, an action thriller that pits a test pilot against a hijacker who takes the pilot's daughter and girlfriend hostage in their RV at a gas stop. The original script was written by Eric Red (Near Dark), with a rewrite from Richard Shepard (The Read More

1/1/09
The Hunting Party

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Kruger, James Brolin

Synopsis: An emerging journalist (Jesse Eisenberg), an experienced cameraman (Terrence Howard), and a discredited reporter (Richard Gere) find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative mistakes them for a CIA hit squad in a light-hearted Read More

9/7/07
The Matador

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall

Synopsis: A chance meeting between two middle-aged men leads one into a life of crime in this offbeat comedy. Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) is an American businessman whose life has been going through a sour patch after he and his wife, Carolyn (Hope Davis), lost their young son. During a business trip to Read More

12/23/05
Criminal Minds [TV Series]

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The CBS procedural drama Criminal Minds centered around the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, whose job it was to psychologically profile the country's most dangerous criminals. Heading the unit was Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), who despite an abundance of personal problems was a positive Read More

2005
Scotland, PA

Crew: Producer

Actors: James LeGros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken, Kevin Corrigan, James Rebhorn

Synopsis: What happens if you take one of William Shakespeare's darkest tragedies and move it to a burger joint in the early 1970s? The answer can be found in the satiric comedy Scotland, PA, the first feature from writer and director Billy Morrissette. Mac McBeth (James LeGros) is a hard-working but Read More

2/8/02
Mexico City

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Stacy Edwards

Synopsis: A one-day visit to Mexico City on their way south turns nightmarish when Sam (Johnny Zander) disappears, leaving his sister, Mitch (Stacy Edwards), to find him. Mitch has to start from scratch in one of the world's largest cities, and she has to do it alone as the police are mysteriously reluctant Read More

2002
Class Warfare

Crew: Director

Actors: Lindsey J. McKeon

Synopsis: A wealthy teenager who suddenly loses her money will go to any lengths to get it back in this made-for-cable thriller. Kristen (Lindsey J. McKeon) and Jason (Wade Carpenter) are a pair of seniors at an exclusive private high school; they run with a crowd of rich kids more interested in judging Read More

2001
Oxygen

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, Terry Kinney, James Naughton, Laila Robins

Synopsis: A police detective is on the trail of a psychopath while dealing with demons of her own in the crime thriller Oxygen. Madeline Foster (Maura Tierney) is a plainclothes detective with the NYPD who isn't especially happy with her job. She drowns her sorrows in alcohol and masochistic sex, though Read More

11/5/99
Mercy

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: John Rubinstein, Amber Kain, Sam Rockwell, Jane Lanier, Novella Nelson

Synopsis: A rich but bigoted man is forced to confront his ugliest prejudices face to face in this thriller. Frank Kramer (John Rubinstein) is a successful but narrow-minded attorney who comes home one day to discover that his daughter Nicole (Rhea Silver-Smith) is missing. Kramer shortly receives a Read More

1995
The Linguini Incident

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Marlee Matlin, Eszter Balint, Buck Henry, Andre Gregory

Synopsis: A magic-obsessed New York waitress (Rosanna Arquette) is persuaded by a colorful group of characters to help her rob the restaurant where she works. Along the way, she falls in love with the eatery's bartender (David Bowie), who just so happens to be looking for someone who will make him a Read More

1992
Cool Blue

Crew: Director

Actors: Woody Harrelson

Synopsis: An aspiring painter (Woody Harrelson) falls in love with a woman, but after a brief affair, he loses her. Soon realizing that he can't forget her, he tries to track her down. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1988