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Richard Whelan

Biography:

Richard Whelan is a highly experienced producer and 1st assistant director whose career in the film industry spans 36 years.

He started in 1985 as a PA on James Cameron’s blockbuster, Aliens, and quickly moved up to the role of 2nd assistant director on acclaimed films such as Patriot Games, First Knight, the James Bond film, Goldeneye, and many more. Soon after, Richard moved into the position of 1st assistant director for films like Fever Pitch, Mama Mia: Here We Go Again, Sliding Doors, Fast & Furious; Hobbs & Shaw, Steven Spielberg’s epic mini-series Band of Brothers, George Lucas’ Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, and Amazon Prime’s Citadel (release 2022).

Richard was associate producer of Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger and co-founder of the production company Eight Wonder Pictures. He is producing a feature film based on the highly popular British series, The Professionals, and the film The Owl.

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Known For

Acting

2005

Directing

2022

Morbius as Second Unit First Assistant Director

2019

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as First Assistant Director

2018

The Commuter as First Assistant Director
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as First Assistant Director

2017

Finding Your Feet as First Assistant Director

2016

Now You See Me 2 as First Assistant Director
Assassin's Creed as First Assistant Director

2014

Maleficent as First Assistant Director

2011

Captain America: The First Avenger as First Assistant Director

2006

Firewall as First Assistant Director

2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as First Assistant Director

2004

Wimbledon as First Assistant Director

2002

1999

Hunting Venus as First Assistant Director

1998

Sliding Doors as First Assistant Director

1997

Fever Pitch as First Assistant Director
Mrs. Dalloway as Assistant Director

1995

First Knight as Second Assistant Director

1990

A Ghost in Monte Carlo as Third Assistant Director

Production

2018

2016

Assassin's Creed as Associate Producer

2011