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Richard Price Biography (1949-)

Born October 12, 1949, in the Bronx, NY; son of Milton (a window dresser) andHarriet (maiden name, Rosenbaum) Price; married Judith P. Hudson (a painter), September 26, 1985; children: Anne Morgan Price Hudson, Genevieve. Career: Writer, producer, and actor. Hoftstra University, creative writing teacher, 1978-70, then Yale University, 1980; also taught English as a second language at Hostos Community College, urban affairs at New York University, creative writing at State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York University, and the State University of New York at Binghamton; Daytop Village, Bronx, NY, teacher. Member: Writers Guild of America, PEN. Awards, Honors: Edith Mirrilees grant in fiction, Stanford University, 1972; Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation grant, 1973; MacDowell Colony grant, 1973; Yaddo Fellowship, 1977, 1978, 1980; MacDowell Fellowship, 1979; Playboy Awardfor nonfiction, 1979; National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1982; Academy Award nomination, best writing (screenplay based on material from a different medium), 1986, for The Color of Money. Addresses: Agent: Sanford-Gross and Associates, 1015 Gayley, Suite 301, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Writer, producer, actor

Birth Details

October 12, 1949

Bronx, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Bowling Alley Hustler, The Wanderers, Orion, 1979
• Barfly, The Color of Money, Buena Vista, 1986
• The Critic, Arena Brains, 1987
• Artist at Opening, "Life Lessons," New York Stories, Buena Vista,1989
• Doctor, Night and the City, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• Detective in Restaurant, Mad Dog and Glory, Universal, 1993
• Himself, The Paper, Universal, 1994
• Himself, Naked in New York, Fine Line, 1994
• City Clerk, Kiss of Death, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
• Detective Number One, Ransom, Buena Vista, 1996
• Film Work
• Co-producer, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Executive producer, Mad Dog and Glory, Universal, 1993
• Executive producer, Ethan Frome, Miramax, 1993
• Kiss of Death, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
• Clockers, Universal, 1995
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Tom Cole and Heywood Gould) Streets of Gold, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
• The Color of Money, Buena Vista, 1986
• Arena Brains, 1987
• Bad, 1987
• (Uncredited) Rain Man, United Artists, 1988
• "Life Lessons," New York Stories, Buena Vista, 1989
• Sea of Love, Universal, 1989
• Night and the City, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• Mad Dog and Glory, Universal, 1993
• Kiss of Death, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
• (Uncredited) Money Train, Columbia, 1995
• (With Alexander Ignon) Ransom, Buena Vista, 1996
• (With Spike Lee) Clockers, Universal, 1995
• Shaft, Paramount, 2000
• Also wrote East Coast High, Dreamstreet, Empire, Color War, and Wingo.
• Novels
• The Wanderers, Houghton, 1974
• Bloodbrothers, Houghton, 1976
• Ladies' Man, Houghton, 1978
• The Breaks, Simon & Schuster, 1983
• Troubador of Sweat, 1983
• Alabi's World, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990
• Clockers, Houghton, 1992
• Freedomland, Broadway Books: Bantam, 1998
• Also wrote Speedoo.
• Other
• Contributor to periodicals, including New York Times and American Film.

Further Reference

Adaptations:

• Bloodbrothers was adapted for the screen by Walter Newman, released by Warner Bros., 1978; The Wanderers was adapted for the screen by Rose Kaufman and Philip Kaufman, released by Orion, 1979.

OTHER SOURCES

Perodicals:

• Cineaste, winter, 1996, pp. 12-17.
• Interview, October 1995, pp. 54-56.
• Publishers Weekly, May 4, 1992, p. 37.*