Education: Stanford
The son of legendary studio head Darryl F. Zanuck, Richard Zanuck entered the film business while still in college and produced his first feature, Compulsion (1959), at age 24. During his reign as head of production at 20th Century-Fox, the studio accumulated over 150 Oscar nominations, as well as three best picture awards. (See also Zanuck, Darryl F).
Zanuck formed the Zanuck/Brown company with former Fox colleague David Brown in 1972; among the team's successful collaborations were The Sting (1973), Jaws (1975) and Cocoon (1985) (also co-produced with third wife Lili Fini Zanuck). He dissolved his partnership with Brown in 1988 and formed the Zanuck Company the following year, sharing an Oscar with his wife for the company's first feature, Driving Miss Daisy (1989).

Filmography Richard D. Zanuck
1959 Compulsion
1962 The Chapman Report
1973 SSSSSSS
1973 The Sting
1974 The Black Windmill
1974 The Girl From Petrovka
1974 The Sugarland Express
1974 Willie Dynamite
1975 The Eiger Sanction
1975 Jaws
1977 MacArthur
1978 Jaws 2
1980 The Island
1981 Neighbors
1982 The Verdict
1985 Cocoon
1985 Target
1988 Cocoon: The Return
1989 Driving Miss Daisy
1991 Rush
1993 Rich in Love