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
Color Out of Space
(2019)
Director
Hardware
(1990)
Director
Dust Devil
(1992)
Director
The Theatre Bizarre
(2011)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Rites of Passage
(1983)
Director
Incidents in an Expanding Universe
(1985)
Director
Hardware
(1990)
Director
Voice of the Moon
(1990)
Director
Dust Devil
(1992)
Director
Brave
(1994)
Director
The Secret Glory
(2001)
Director
The White Darkness
(2002)
Director
The Sea of Perdition
(2006)
Director
The Theatre Bizarre
(2011)
Director
The Otherworld
(2013)
Director
Color Out of Space
(2019)
Director
Acting
Rites of Passage
(1983)
Primordial Man
Incidents in an Expanding Universe
(1985)
Clean Shaven Pretentious Filmmaker / Greasy Beggar / Green Army Gunner / 3-Eyed Mutant / Green Army Flag Bearer / Alien Vendor
Hardware
(1990)
Talking elevator (voice) (uncredited)
Dust Devil
(1992)
Transforming Dust Devil in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Brave
(1994)
Man in the table (uncredited)
Twelve Monkeys
(1995)
Man in Transit Lounge (uncredited)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
(1996)
Melting Bulldog (uncredited)
In the Belly of the Beast
(2001)
Himself
Vampire Diary
(2007)
Spanish Rapist
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
(2009)
Self
Jodorowsky's Dune
(2013)
Self
The Otherworld
(2013)
Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
(2014)
Self
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
(2016)
Himself
78/52
(2017)
Self
Cult of Terror
(2017)
Self - Filmmaker
Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams
(2018)
Himself
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
(2020)
Himself
Tales of the Uncanny
(2020)
Self
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus
(2021)
Self
Exegesis Lovecraft
(2021)
The Darkside of Society
(2023)
Self
Writing
Rites of Passage
(1983)
Writer
Incidents in an Expanding Universe
(1985)
Writer
Hardware
(1990)
Writer
Dust Devil
(1992)
Writer
Brave
(1994)
Writer
The Island of Dr. Moreau
(1996)
Screenplay
The Secret Glory
(2001)
Writer
The Abandoned
(2006)
Screenplay
Imago Mortis
(2009)
Writer
The Theatre Bizarre
(2011)
Screenplay
The Otherworld
(2013)
Writer
Replace
(2017)
Writer
Color Out of Space
(2019)
Screenplay
Production