William Richert is a movie director, screenwriter and producer who has also acted in the movies and TV. Born in Florida in 1942, he moved to Los Angeles when he was 17 and got his start making documentaries. His first feature film as a director was the JFK-assassination satire Winter Kills (1979), a troubled production that was released to poor box office in 1979. Other films he has helmed include A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) and the 1998 remake of The Man in the Iron Mask (1998).