Richard Maynard (television producer)
Richard Maynard; American; (August 30, 1942 - January 2, 2007) was an American writer, television producer and educator.

He was born on August 30, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died on January 2, 2007, of natural causes at age 64 at his San Fernando Valley home in California. Maynard received his B.S. and M.A. in history and education from Temple University and another master's degree following studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University.

He was married and divorced from Lorrie Maynard, with whom he had two sons, Jeffrey Maynard, (an actor and teacher), and Kevin Maynard, (a TV producer, writer and Variety contributor).

Educator
Maynard taught all levels, from high school to graduate school including a ten-year position in the Media Studies M.A. program at New York's The New School. He also taught at Antioch College, UCLA, UC Berkeley and the International School of Film & Television in San Antonio Los Banos, Cuba.

In the 1960s, while teaching at Simon Gratz High School, Maynard developed the Curriculum on Black History for the Philadelphia School District.

Writer
Maynard was editorial director of language arts for Scholastic Publishing for nine years.  He contributed to publications including the Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Weekly, and Emmy Magazine.

Production credits

Mini-series
 The Neon Empire on Showtime
 Supercarrier

Films
 Stompin' at the Savoy on CBS
 Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis on CBS
 Bridge Across Time (aka: "Arizona Ripper", or "Terror at London Bridge")
 Time Stalkers
 The Babysitter's Seduction
 Blood Brothers
 Gold Coast
 Normal Life

Festivals and awards
 Normal Life was featured at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival

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Schoolteachers from New York (state)
American television producers
1942 births
2007 deaths
20th-century American educators