- IMDb Mini Biography By: I’m sure many of you are as confused by my decisions as you were before you started reading. States of Grace received the highest percentage of positive reviews of any Dutcher movie, currently holding an 82% Rotten Tomato score. These find him moving in the direction of such respected "spiritual" filmmakers as Robert Bresson and Carl Dreyer.Among Dutcher's rumored future projects are "Resurrection", a supernatural/spiritual thriller, "Stealing Sundance", an affectionate satire of independent filmmaking, and "The Prophet", an epic biopic on the life and murder of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism.

Richard Dutcher. Dutcher had studied and worked for years to perfect his craft. He lived in 1935, at address. [9] The success of God's Army among Mormon audiences is credited (by Dutcher) for launching the LDS Cinema movement of the early to mid-2000s, a small film niche of LDS movies made primarily by and for Mormon audiences. It was a sweet story and it was fun, but it was such a long process," said Dutcher. In 2009, Dutcher made Evil Angel, an action/horror movie starring Kristopher Shepard with a supporting role by Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible, Pulp Fiction). It was then re-released on April 27, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on one screen at the Broadway Theater for several weeks. His Main Street Movie Company owns distribution rights to each of his five films and has successfully distributed them theatrically, on DVD, on television and in foreign markets.Though perhaps best known as "The Father of Mormon Cinema" because of his early Mormon-themed films, he left the church in 2007 over theological differences. Merrill saw Dutcher as attacking LDS cinema because of the poor response to his latest films. [5] Dutcher was married in 1988 to Gwen, moving to Mapleton, Utah in 1999. If you're an independent filmmaker, but you're dependent on Sundance for success, then how independent are you? He lived in 1910, at address, Nebraska. [16] Dutcher was a witness in the 2017 court case of Utah real estate investor Rick Koerber who funded the film and was later accused and convicted of operating a Ponzi scheme, funding the $5 million film production with money investors believed was used to buy properties. After seeing his film "Brigham City," the mayor of the real Brigham City, Utah, gave him the Key to the City.
Dutcher's next film was the 2000 indie smash God's Army. Some critics have noted that the progressive complexity of his films, from the acclaimed murder mystery Brigham City through the gritty urban drama States of Grace, seem to reflect his own journey toward a more universalistic world view. The third youngest is a local actor in central Oregon who has participated in multiple performances.