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Michael Brunswick Ritchie (Novembre 28, 1938 - Aprile 16, 2001) was an American film director. Ritchie was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the son of Patricia (née Graney) and Benbow Ferguson Ritchie. His family later moved to Berkeley, California, where his father was a professor of experimental psychology at the University of California at Berkeley and his mother was the art and music for the librarian city. He attended Berkeley High School prima di diventare interested in film, and was accepted at Harvard University following high school. Ritchie attracted attention nel suo senior year at Harvard nel 1960 by directing the original production of the Arthur Kopit play, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and i'm Feelin' so Sad a Cambridge, Massachusetts. His work on Kopit s play led to a job offer from Robert Saudek, the producer of the Omnibus television series. Ritchie, quindi, directed episodes of Profiles in Courage and such TV series as The Man From U. N. C. L. E., Dr. Kildare and Felony Squad prior to making his Hollywood feature film di debutto nel 1969 with Downhill Racer. His sister, Elsie Ritchie, acted in two of his film (The Candidate and Smile). Nel 1994, Ritchie purchased the hacienda-style house at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles, dove Marilyn Monroe, morto nel 1962. He bought it for $995,000. Nel 1994, Ritchie moved to Manhattan with his wife, Jimmie B. Ritchie, and daughters, Lillian (b. 1986) e Miriam (esempio, 1988). His additional children include a son, Steven (b. 1973); le figlie Lauren (b. 1966) e Jessica (b. 1973), and two stepchildren, Nelly Bly and Billy Bly. Ritchie died at age 62 of complicazione from prostate cancer, on Aprile 16, 2001, a New York.