Work in the film industry began as an actor in the early '70s. As a student of film acting, he studied with Laura Rose and Sal Romeo on the Warner Brothers back lot. The Film Actors Workshop provided Richard with his first tools for "on set" education, learning techniques for Acting and Production. From there he studied cold reading study with the CEC Studios, under the teaching of Charles Conrad and paralleled with having the privilege working with teacher Peggy Feury during her last year of teaching at the Loft theatre.In '79, Richard was invited to work for Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corp., within the feature film advertising and marketing department. He continued working with the studio for the next eleven years in a variety of departments, Learning the process of Feature Film Project Development/ Production and Distribution.As a top executive assistant/trainee he worked closely with many of the best in the industry, Top creative studio minds such as: Marvin Davis, Alan Hirschfield, Scott Rudin, Jonathan Dolgen, Sherry Lansing and John Davis. Richard spent the next several years working with Executive Film Producers in both areas of feature films and television production including: Larry Gordon, Michael Levy, Joel Silver, Steven Bochco, David Kelley and Glen Larson.After leaving TCF, he pursued production and joined the camera departments on sound stages, working as a member of the International Photographers Guild, later to be named International Cinematographers Guild Local 600, first as an assistant, then earning his way through the ranks to the position of camera operator. Along with film production he managed to study, writing, directing and acting with the very respected mentor/coach; Milton Katselas, teacher and owner of the Beverly Hills Playhouse and Skylight theatre.He's been involved in development of projects on several professional levels including; producing, directing, writing and editing in the independent, showcase, film festival, industrial film and video world, He is also an accomplished commercial and portrait photographer.
