Richard Kinon (August 17, 1924 – March 11, 2004) was an American television director.Born in Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, he was hired at his beginning by the studio in Hollywood as a screenwriter.The house he was living in until his death was built in the 1920s and used to belong to his parents.For many years he stayed on the French Riviera. Kinon died on March 11, 2004 (aged 79) in Beverly Hills, California.