Yes, his beard really is that colour.

In the late 1990’s he co-wrote and produced Stefan Schwartz’s Shooting Fish. Starring Kate Beckinsale, Dan Futterman and Stuart Townsend, the film grossed over £4m in the UK alone. Richard then went on to produce Kirk Jones’ Waking Ned, which grossed $26m in the US and a further $25m+ worldwide, against a budget of $3m. Waking Ned won Richard a nomination for a Producer’s Guild of America award and both Shooting Fish and Waking Ned are posting net profits.

Richard was also a founder of the trade body The New Producer’s Alliance, serving a year as its Co-Chairman. For three years he was the Vice-Chairman for Film at PACT, the UK’s Producers Alliance for Cinema and TV. He continues to sit on PACT’s Film Policy Group.

A fuller résumé can be sent on request, see Contacts