Richard Wormser

Richard Wormser. Director: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Richard Leopold Wormser (born November 11, 1933) is a documentary filmmaker and the author of books, primarily for young adults. Born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, he is the son of Irving Wormser, who worked in distribution for Columbia Pictures, and Dorothy Smolen. He graduated from Bucknell University in 1955, as a Political Science major and...