# Richard Michaels

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{{Short description|American director and producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Richard Michaels
| image = Richard Michaels.JPG
| caption = 
| birthname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|2|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), U.S.
| | occupation = Director, producer
| years_active = 1954-2004
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Toby Michaels <br>|1959|1962|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Kristina Hansen <br>|1964|1972|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Judith Penrod <br>|1986}}
}}
}}

'''Richard Michaels''' (born February 15, 1936, in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state))) is a retired American [film](/source/film_director) and [TV show director](/source/television_director) and producer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/94/Richard-Michaels.html|title=Richard Michaels Biography (1936-)|publisher=www.filmreference.com|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/richard_michaels/|title=Richard Michaels|publisher=www.rottentomatoes.com|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> whose career spanned five decades.

His directing credits include the television series ''[Bewitched](/source/Bewitched)'', ''[The Brady Bunch](/source/The_Brady_Bunch)'', ''[Love, American Style](/source/Love%2C_American_Style)'' and the TV movies ''[Once an Eagle](/source/Once_an_Eagle_(miniseries))'' (1976), ''Homeward Bound'' (1980 TV movie), ''[The Children Nobody Wanted](/source/The_Children_Nobody_Wanted)'' (1981), ''[Sadat](/source/Sadat_(miniseries))'' (1983), ''[Silence of the Heart](/source/Silence_of_the_Heart)'' (1984), ''[Rockabye](/source/Rockabye_(1986_film))'' (1986), ''[I'll Take Manhattan](/source/I'll_Take_Manhattan_(miniseries))'' (1987),<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Jerry|date=June 5, 2009|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&q=richard+michaels+film+director&pg=PA251|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0810863781|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref>''Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean'' (1990) ([Suzanne Pleshette](/source/Suzanne_Pleshette) was nominated for an [Emmy](/source/Emmy_Award) and a [Golden Globe](/source/Golden_Globe_Award) for her portrayal of Leona Helmsley), ''[Father and Scout](/source/Father_and_Scout)'' (1994).

==Personal life==

===Marriages===
Michaels has been married three times. His first was to Toby Michaels from 1959 to 1962. His second marriage was to actress Kristina Hansen in 1964; they divorced in 1972. In 1986 he married Judith Penrod; they currently reside in [Makena](/source/Makena%2C_Hawaii), [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maui-tomorrow.org/about/board-of-directors/|title=Maui Tomorrow Board of Directors|publisher=mauitomorrow.org|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref>

====Relationship with Elizabeth Montgomery====
Michaels was one of the directors of the TV series ''[Bewitched](/source/Bewitched)'' in the 1960s and early 1970s. Actress [Elizabeth Montgomery](/source/Elizabeth_Montgomery) was the star of the show and her husband [William Asher](/source/William_Asher) served as producer. During the show's last season in 1971, Montgomery and Michaels, friends and working partners since 1964, fell in love and began a romantic relationship, subsequently moving in together. The affair was the end of both their marriages<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XZKHsTjRfQIC |title=Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery |last=Pilato |first=Herbie J. |date=2012 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-58979-749-9 |pages=36 |language=en}}</ref> and, because Asher and Montgomery's company [Ashmont](/source/Ashmont_Productions) produced ''Bewitched'', it was also the end of the show. Michaels and Montgomery were together 2½ years.

===Children===
Michaels has a son, Gregory Michaels, and a daughter, [Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum](/source/Meredith_Michaels-Beerbaum), with Hansen. Michaels-Beerbaum was born on December 26, 1969, and is an Olympic [equestrian](/source/equestrianism) who lives in [Germany](/source/Germany).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaels-beerbaum.de/20-Biographie.htm|title=Biography at official website|publisher=www.michaels-beerbaum.de|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> She won team bronze in Rio in 2016.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0584474}}

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