Richard M. Greenberg
- Producer
- Executive
Mr. Greenberg graduated cum laude from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1962, and graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1965. He graduated from Fordham Law School in 1968 and was admitted to the New York State Bar in the same year. In 1969, he volunteered for service in the U. S. Navy where he was an attorney in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, serving
in the Military Justice Division in the Office of the Navy Judge Advocate General. During his tenure, he was staff attorney on the Blue Ribbon Department of Defense Panel to Investigate Conflicts of Interest in the Military, and was Chairman of the Joint Services Working Committee on Military Justice, charged with updating the Uniform Code of Military Justice and military regulations. He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1972 as a Lieutenant in the US Naval Reserve.
Between 1982 and 1985, he and his brother raised approximately $700,000,000 of financing for 17 major motion pictures, including First Blood (the original "Rambo"), Terminator, Excalibur, Summer Lovers, Easy Money, Platoon, Lone Wolf McQuade, King Solomon's Mines, and Return of the Living Dead
Richard is an acclaimed award wining Producer, and his movies received 18 Oscar Nominations and 13 Wins, including Oscars for Best Picture of the Year - 2-years running, back to back for: Platoon (BPoY: 1987) and The Last Emperor (BPoY: 1988). In addition to the Academy, his films received 15 BAFTA Nominations and 5 Wins; 7 Golden Globes from 9 Nominations and one nomination for the most prestigious award in cinema, the Palm D'Or.
His movies earned more than half a billion dollars at the box office and spawned two- multi-billion dollar franchises (The Terminator and Rambo). Greenberg Brothers Partnership were the original copyrights holders of The Terminator, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Rambo Franchises.
in the Military Justice Division in the Office of the Navy Judge Advocate General. During his tenure, he was staff attorney on the Blue Ribbon Department of Defense Panel to Investigate Conflicts of Interest in the Military, and was Chairman of the Joint Services Working Committee on Military Justice, charged with updating the Uniform Code of Military Justice and military regulations. He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1972 as a Lieutenant in the US Naval Reserve.
Between 1982 and 1985, he and his brother raised approximately $700,000,000 of financing for 17 major motion pictures, including First Blood (the original "Rambo"), Terminator, Excalibur, Summer Lovers, Easy Money, Platoon, Lone Wolf McQuade, King Solomon's Mines, and Return of the Living Dead
Richard is an acclaimed award wining Producer, and his movies received 18 Oscar Nominations and 13 Wins, including Oscars for Best Picture of the Year - 2-years running, back to back for: Platoon (BPoY: 1987) and The Last Emperor (BPoY: 1988). In addition to the Academy, his films received 15 BAFTA Nominations and 5 Wins; 7 Golden Globes from 9 Nominations and one nomination for the most prestigious award in cinema, the Palm D'Or.
His movies earned more than half a billion dollars at the box office and spawned two- multi-billion dollar franchises (The Terminator and Rambo). Greenberg Brothers Partnership were the original copyrights holders of The Terminator, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Rambo Franchises.