Richard E. Cunha
Director and cinematographer · Died September 18, 2005, aged 83 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Richard Earl Cunha (March 4, 1922, Honolulu, Hawaii - September 18, 2005, Oceanside, California) was a Hawaiian born cinematographer and film director. Cunha's father was Albert "Sonny" Cunha, a Hawaiian songwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard E. Cunha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 4, 1922
- September 18, 2005 (aged 83)
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Director and cinematographer
- 4 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Richard E. Cunha's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Richard E. Cunha's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
- Full Moon, show their 2 titles on Full Moon
- IndieFlix, show their 2 titles on IndieFlix
- IndiePix Unlimited, show their 2 titles on IndiePix Unlimited
- Midnight Pulp, show their 2 titles on Midnight Pulp
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Screambox, show their title on Screambox
- Shout! TV, show their title on Shout! TV
Subscription and free streaming for Richard E. Cunha's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Richard E. Cunha: Filmmaker of the Unknown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Einer frisst den anderen(1964)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Bloodlust! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Girl In Room 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Frankenstein's Daughter(1958)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Missile to the Moon(1958)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Giant from the Unknown(1958)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
She Demons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 1958 to 2021.
How do Richard E. Cunha's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 8th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 14th percentile for acclaim.
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Universally Panned.
- Universally Panned2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 43/100 and the pacing 35/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Richard E. Cunha work with?
People who share at least 2 of Richard E. Cunha's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marc Frederic shares the most, 3.
Writers
- H.E. BarrieShared titles: Frankenstein's Daughter (1958), Missile to the Moon (1958)See all 2 shared titles with H.E. Barrie
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Everett DoddShared titles: Frankenstein's Daughter (1958), Missile to the Moon (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Everett Dodd
- Meredith M. NicholsonShared titles: Frankenstein's Daughter (1958), Missile to the Moon (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Meredith M. Nicholson
- Nicholas CarrasShared titles: Frankenstein's Daughter (1958), Missile to the Moon (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Carras
Producers
- Marc FredericShared titles: Frankenstein's Daughter (1958), Giant from the Unknown (1958), Missile to the Moon (1958)See all 3 shared titles with Marc Frederic