Richard Johann Dunn (5 September 1943 – 4 August 1998) was aBritish television executive who served as the Chief Executive Officer ofThames Television.[1] Having joined Thames in 1978, he became director of production in 1981, before being promoted to chief executive in 1985. Under Dunn's leadership, Thames became apublicly traded company in 1988. Following theloss of Thames' ITV franchise in 1991, he established the company as the largest independent producer in Britain, launchingUK Gold and making an unsuccessful bid for theChannel 5 licence. He left Thames in 1995.[2] He died suddenly in 1998 at the age of 54. He was married with three children, and was half-Icelandic.[3][4]
He won anInternational Emmy Founders Award in 1993.[5] Following his death, the Richard Dunn Memorial Lecture and Interview at theEdinburgh International TV Festival was established in his honour.[6]
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