Richard Shepard

• Born — 1965 • Birthplace — New York City, New York, U.S. • Partner — Jennifer Konner • Occupation — Director, writer, producer

Shepard was born in New York City, New York. Shepard's father was from an Austro-Hungarian-Jewish background and his mother was of Armenian descent. In 2007, Shepard received a Directors Guild of America Award and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for the television pilot for Ugly Betty. Shepard's next film, The Perfection, was financed by Miramax, and started its production in early 2018. It was released in 2019 by Netflix.

Film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Notes • 1989 — Cool Blue — Co-directed with Mark Mullin • 1991 — The Linguini Incident • 1995 — Mercy • 1997 — Below Utopia — aka Body Count • 1999 — Oxygen • 2000 — Mexico City • 2005 — The Matador • 2007 — The Hunting Party • 2013 — Dom Hemingway • 2018 — The Perfection Documentary film • Year — Title — Director — Producer — Writer • 2009 — I Knew It Was You • 2023 — Film Geek Television • Year — Title — Director — Executive Producer — Notes • 1996 — The Royale — TV movie • 2001 — Class Warfare • 2006 — Ugly Betty — Episode "Pilot" Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series • 2008 — 30 Rock — Episode 210 • 2011 — Danni Lowinski — Unaired pilot • Ringer — Episode "Pilot" • 2013 — Girls — 12 episodes • Golden Boy — Episode "Pilot" • 2014 — Salem — Episode "The Vow" • 2018 — Sweetbitter — Episode "Salt" • 2019 — The Twilight Zone — Episode "The Wunderkind" • 2020 — Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist — Episode "Pilot", film "Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas" • 2021 — The Handmaid's Tale — Episodes "Vows" and "Home" • Acapulco — Episode "Pilot" • 2022 — Welcome to Chippendales — Episodes "Paper Is Paper" and "Switzerland" • TBA — Blank Slate — Episode "Pilot"

Richard Shepard is recorded as screenwriter, writer, director and film producer.