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Richard "Ric" Menello (August 20, 1952 – March 1, 2013) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. Menello co-directed the landmark music video for the Beastie Boys' 1987 single, "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)".
Ric Menello was born on 20 August 1952. He was an actor and writer, known for The Immigrant (2013), Two Lovers (2008) and Beastie Boys: No Sleep till Brooklyn (1987). He died on 1 March 2013 in the USA.
- Actor, Writer, Director
- August 20, 1952
- Ric Menello
- March 1, 2013
Mar 20, 2013 · Richard Brody. In Memory of Ric Menello, Part Two. March 20, 2013. I knew Ric Menello from screenings, and knew of his collaboration with James Gray (though not its particulars), but knew...
Richard “Ric” Menello was born on August 20, 1952, in Queens, New York, to Rocco Menello, a truck driver and business owner, and Lucille Giordano Menello, a housewife and former art teacher. Ric grew up and was raised in Brooklyn, New York.
Mar 10, 2013 · I never had the privilege of meeting the cinephile and cineaste Ric Menello, who died on March 1 at age 60. (His MTV.com obituary is here; a more heartfelt reminiscence from his Brooklyn neighborhood, with links to some pertinent videos, is here.)
Mar 15, 2013 · A Beloved Cinematic Savant. March 15, 2013. I first took note of the name of Ric Menello in early 2009, when I saw him listed in credits of James Gray’s “Two Lovers,” which he co-wrote and...
It was always called Mr. Ric’s Cinema, though most of the personal details were drawn from my own life. Mr. Ric was an affectionate name given to my cousin, Ric Menello, during his midnight shift years at Weinstein Hall, by the students who spent endless hours talking film with him each night.
