'Superman' director Richard Donner dead at 91

Richard Donner, a prolific filmmaker who directed the first 'Superma'n movie, 'The Goonies', and other blockbuster hits, died on Monday at age 91. – Photo: 2017 filepic by AFP.

Richard Donner, a prolific filmmaker who directed the first Superman movie, The Goonies, and other blockbuster hits, died on Monday at age 91, US media reported.

Donner's other credits include the 1976 horror classic The Omen, the Lethal Weapon cop franchise with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover starting in 1987, Scrooged (1988) and his final movie in 2006, 16 Blocks.