Richard Dutcher leaves the Mormon church and a genre (Los Angeles Times)

19 August 2008, 5:28 pm

Once known as the king of Mormon film, a crisis of faith has him heading in a new direction. RICHARD DUTCHER didn't set out to become a filmmaking messiah. Before he became known as "the father of modern Latter-day Saint cinema," Dutcher was simply a writer-director-actor hustling for movie work in late '90s Los Angeles. That is, until the devout Mormon took stock of an underserved filmgoing ...... read more

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