Richard Stanley Gryebet- Biography, Career, Net worth, and Personal Details

Richard Stanley Gryebet is a recognized filmmaker from South Africa. He started his career by making short films and has grown to be recognized as a horror genre filmmaker. Among the films he directed are Hardware and Dust Devil in 1990 and 1992, respectively; both films are considered cult classics.

Richard Stanley Gryebet was the director for The Island of Dr. Moreau in 1996, but he was later fired because of differences in creativity. Continue reading to discover more details about the filmmaker.

Biography

Richard was born on November 22, 1966, in Fish Hoek, South Africa, to his mother, Peny Miller. There are no records about his father, but he is related to the famous journalist and African explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

Richard Stanley’s mother was an artist and anthropologist, and she came into the limelight after writing her books Myths and Legends of Southern Africa. It is unclear where Richard started his education, but he later joined Cape Town college to study anthropology.

The career of Richard Stanley Gryebet

While undertaking his course in Anthropology, Stanley worked for the “archival department of South African college of Music, filming, tribal dances and initiation rituals.” While Stanley was in high school, he started filmmaking when he joined the Young Filmmaker’s Workshop and made his first film, around ten minutes. The short film earned him a trophy in 1984, and he continued to grow his passion for filmmaking.

After winning the first award, Richard started working on two other short films. One of the films is called Season of Soft Rains, although most of the footage is getting lost. His first work was Dust Devil, and the short film was inspired by numerous unsolved murders in Namibia.

His successful years in making films from the early 1990s contributed to the star’s net worth. He is estimated to have a net worth of $9 million.

Romantic Relationship

 Currently, there are no records of the filmmaker in a relationship or marriage, explaining why there are no records about his family and children. However, according to records, the filmmaker was married to Dee Wallace from 1975 to 1980, but they never had children together. Dee Wallace is an American actress who has won many awards and made many horror movie appearances. After separating from Richard, Dee got married, and she had children.

On March 2021, Scarlett Amaris, a screenwriter who collaborated with the filmmaker, alleged that she had been in an abusive relationship with him.

The allegations from the screenwriter affected Richard greatly, and a company he had been working with, Spectre Vision, announced that it would no longer work with the filmmaker. The organization clarified that any future revenue from the film will not be shared with Richard but instead donated to anti-domestic violence charities.

On October 2021, Deadline, an entertainment news channel, reported that Richard Stanley had filed complaints against libel and harassment.