Born in Sonoma County, California. In 1969, the Oregon chapter of the Izaak Walton League presented a Conservation Achievement award to Hal Riney, Dick Snider, and Frank Moore for the production of PASS CREEK, a movie that galvanized action against some of the worst logging practices on private and federal land. Their film SOMEBODY WAITING (1971), produced for the Child Psychiatric Nursing Program, UC San Francisco, has been called one of the most unforgettable affirmations of life that has ever been made. It is about some of the most handicapped and dependent children in society, those with severe cerebral dysfunction. The film demonstrates that these "hopeless cases" can be helped -- that further handicapping can be prevented by proper environmental stimulation and humane therapeutic care. Snider died of cancer in San Francisco in 1977.  Nominated for Documentary (Shorts) 1971: SOMEBODY WAITING - Producer (w. Hal Riney & Sherwood Omens) 1 nomination