Creative.
Director. Writer. Photographer. Cinematographer. Editor. Artist. Previsualizer. Imagination explorer. Sometime sand sculptor. Idea haver.
Producer.
Turning client ideas into award-winning realities. Show runner. Coordinator. Post Supervisor. Schedule manager. Logistics expert. Budget builder. Idea implementor.
Hi, I’m Rich.
I’m an award-winning director, executive producer, and writer devoted to making an impact and getting results with my work. Broadcast commercials. Branded content. Social campaigns. Narrative. Feature Film. Documentary. Even VR & Augment Reality. I’ve written 300-page novels and 3-second TV promos.
I’m also an editor, photographer, cinematographer, novelist, and even sometimes mograph artist. But let’s not muddy the waters–I direct. I produce.
My work has won over 75 industry awards, reached millions of viewers, and made thousands of clients happy. I thrive on creating ideas, crafting visuals, and reaching audiences in powerful ways.
I’ve served a wide variety of clients from US military branches to universities, non-profits to Fortune-500s, marketing directors to agency executives. But it’s not just about client work. I’m a fierce proponent of the local film community with a terminal case of FOMO for independent narrative projects. I’m passionate about helping, learning, and teaching the art, craft, and business of filmmaking.
When not working, you’ll find me traveling, skiing, refining my sand-sculpting skills, making bad puns, or searching for the inspiration for my next novel.
What’s a Creative Producer?
Hey, I’m Rich. And I am a Creative Producer. Now you might be asking, ‘what is a creative producer?’
To most, a producer interfaces with clients, develops, budgets, schedules, organizes, and manages projects–you know, type-A stuff.
But a ‘creative‘ is the unhinged, unpredictable element who handles the imaginative stuff. The writing. Visualizing. Directing. Shooting. Editing. Storytelling. You know, the artsy stuff.
They don’t really go together.
I live in the center of that venn diagram. I’m primarily a director. The creative lead on projects. My genre is imagination. Sometimes that’s funny, sometimes sad, sometimes educational, informational, ominous, explosive. It’s children and animals and cars and military and award-winning short films–even musicals.
I like helping people who help others, and although I’m no doctor, I’m happy to put one on TV.
But I’m also a producer. That means logistics and budgets, information and organization, moving and shaking.
I take a client’s scribbled notes and turn them into a tangible project. I help put crews together and bring concepts to life. I make sure that when you catch the fish, we’ve got the right people there to film it.
I’m a contradiction. A photographer and an editor. A novelist and a sandsculptor. A scuba diver and a skier. An artist. A stickler. I’m linear. I’m squiggly. I’ll color in the lines. I’ll set it on fire.
So when people ask me, ‘what is a Creative Producer?’ I just like to say I bring great ideas to life.
Want to join me?
Awards
Although most of my work is not eligible for an Oscar, I have managed to grab a few awards in the past for my work. Sometimes it’s nice to be recognized for the hard work you do.
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