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Born November 22, 1966 · Fish Hoek, South Africa
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.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3
2026

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025

The Dark Fantastic
2025

Zone
2025

Shadowland
2024

The Darkside of Society
2023

Exegesis Lovecraft
2021

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams
2018

Cult of Terror
2017

78/52
2017

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016

Uncovering Wolfen
2015
All About the Girl: Memories of a Giallo Gem
2014

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013

The Otherworld
2013

Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
2009

No Flesh Shall Be Spared
2009

Vampire Diary
2007

Dagon
2001

In the Belly of the Beast
2001

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996

Twelve Monkeys
1995

Brave
1994

Dust Devil
1992

Hardware
1990

Incidents in an Expanding Universe
1985

Rites of Passage
1983