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Richard Wenk

American film director and screenwriter
Person human Q3934894

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
1956
Place of birth
Plainfield
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
film director, screenwriter, director
Field of work
film[7]
Educated at
Metuchen High School[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[13]
Family name
Wenk[11]
Given name
Richard[12]
Member of
Writers Guild of America West[9]
P14750
EF43-20B2-6BE8-7AB6-31A6[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Richard Wenk ar ريتشارد وينك el Ρίτσαρντ Γουένκ fa ریچارد ونک he ריצ'רד ונק it Danny Graves ja リチャード・ウェンク ko 리처드 웽크 ru Ричард Уэнк uk Річард Венк zh 李察·威克
🔖 Identifiers · 41
ISNI
0000000115474012
VIAF cluster ID
81797181
Library of Congress authority ID
n91013761
GND ID
137630212
AllMovie person ID
p116417
AlloCiné person ID
29130
BIBSYS ID
1483107589105
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
141454032
Box Office Mojo person ID (archived)
richardwenk
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11058931
DBC author ID
87097969747639
Danish National Filmography person ID
51940
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
137630212
Elonet person ID
904600
Film.ru person ID
richard-uenk
Freebase ID
/m/0k847y
IMDb ID
nm0921013
IdRef ID
129226475
Ivi person ID
richard-uenk
Kinobox person ID
442381
Kinopoisk person ID
27645
LdiF person ID
559
MovieMeter person ID
22814
NL CR AUT ID
xx0214736
NUKAT ID
n2010171419
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2020Q8604
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BT9W;=BS
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810643070005606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1792569
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
186412126
Open Media Database person ID
22814
PORT person ID
146567
RERO ID (legacy)
A014107545
Related category
Category:Films directed by Richard Wenk
Scope.dk person ID
37476
Swedish Film Database person ID
109816
TMDB person ID
22814
WorldCat Entities ID
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Writers Guild of America writer ID
1cdefde4-294b-48b6-b00f-7aafee8337cf
Yale LUX ID
person/62fb41c2-7e78-42ab-a4bd-6cdc97f05867
ČSFD person ID
9641

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🔗 Connections
Films written 13
The Expendables 2, The Equalizer, The Mechanic, Kraven the Hunter, The Magnificent Seven, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, 16 Blocks, The Equalizer 2 +5 more
Films directed 3
Vamp, Just the Ticket, Wishcraft
Occupation 3
film director, screenwriter, director
← Cast member 2
16 Blocks, Just the Ticket
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
film
Given name 1
Richard
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Writers Guild of America West
Place of birth 1
Plainfield
Sex or gender 1
male
← Producer 1
The Girl Next Door
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Summary

Richard Wenk was born in 1956[1] in Plainfield[2]. He has worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], and director[5].

FAQs

Where was Richard Wenk born?

Richard Wenk was born in Plainfield[2].

What did Richard Wenk do for work?

Richard Wenk worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], and director[5].

Where did Richard Wenk go to school?

Richard Wenk was educated at Metuchen High School[8].

Related Entities

16 Blocks film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Kraven the Hunter The Equalizer The Equalizer 2 The Expendables 2 The Girl Next Door The Magnificent Seven The Mechanic United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . MAK. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Richard
    Field of work → film
    Family name → Wenk
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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