Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. Always the class clown, Richard enrolled in the CSUN teenage drama workshop. This is where he directed a scene from Marx Bros "The Cocoanuts". Then in high school he was involved in play production,speech club & film club. He directed the play "God" by Woody Allen, directed several short super 8 films & won several speech & drama awards. He then began a short acting career having several bit parts in the 1980s on "General Hospital", "Diff'rent Strokes", "Silver Spoons", "Spencer", "The New, Love American Style", "What's Happening Now", "Stingray", "Free Ride", "Like Father, Like Son". Then nothing. A friend called asking, would you like to PA on "Unsolved Mysteries" and from 1989 till 1993, he traveled all over the western United States with the show. Richard began to PA on several movies "Volcano", "Face/Off", "Virtuosity", "Metro" to name a few. Another friend called and asked if he wanted to AD on a low budget movie. So from 1994 till 1996, he worked as a non-union AD till he had enough days to join the DGA. In 2005 he was nominated for a DGA award as part of Director George Clooney's DGA team for "Good Night Good Luck". Recently he has been directing a series of short films that have been hitting the film festival circuit. "Mystery Man" (Best Family film Tulipanes Film Fest 2004) & "Capt. Undergarments" (LA ShortsFest 2005) (Audience Award Valley Film Fest 2006), (Films For Play 2007) (Afternoon In The Absurd 2007), (best narrative short winner Ava Gardner Film Fest 2007) & "The New Old Capt. Undergarments" (LA ShortsFest 2006) (Tromadance 2007) & "My Wallet" (Nosotros Film Fest 2006) & "Obama or your Mama" (Ava Gardner Film Fest 2009).