Richard Donner – 41st Annual AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Mel Brooks – Arrivals – Dolby Theatre – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
Birth Name: Richard Donald Schwartzberg
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 24, 1930
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Richard Donner is an American television and film director and producer. Richard is married to film producer Lauren Shuler Donner.
Richard is the son of Hattie (Horowitz) and Fred M. Schwartzberg. Richard’s parents were Jewish; his father was born in Russia and his mother was born in New York, to parents from Russia. Richard has a sister, Joan.
Richard’s paternal grandparents were Harry Schwartzberg and Minnie.
Richard’s maternal grandparents’ surnames were Horowitz and Epstein.
Sources: Richard Donner on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Richard’s father on the 1910 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Richard’s mother – http://www.familysearch.org