A former Off-Broadway actor who began directing commercials and industrial films in the late 1950s, Richard Donner caught his first big break directing Steve McQueen in the TV series "Wanted: Dead or Alive". Throughout the 60s and into the 70s, he helmed numerous episodes of classic shows ("The Twilight Zone", "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" and "The Fugitive" to name just a few) and also dabbled in feature work (his low-budget directorial debut "X-15" 1961; "Salt and Pepper" 1968). He scored his first commercial if not critical success with "The Omen" (1976) and followed that with the enjoyable
