Richard is an award-winning director. Born in Spain, he grew up in the Midlands, where he developed an early interest in photography and cinema. He cut his professional teeth directing music documentaries at MTV before moving into promos, TV, music videos, commercials, short films and scripted television.

Richard directed four seasons of the award-winning, critically acclaimed scripted comedy series Crackanory, directing over 40 stories. Crackanory was written by some of comedy’s most ingenious writers and starred a great ensemble of actors, celebrities and performers.

Flexing his comedy muscles, he also directed the Sam Simmons mini-series “Wallstud” for Channel 4 and the taster ep of 'Murder In Successville', which was commissioned by BBC3 and went on to win a BAFTA. Not that he mentions that much.

He earned further comedy credentials by directing the Sky Comedy Short ’The Rug' for MERMAN, with executive producer Sharon Horgan.

His short film ‘No Ball Games’ had a strong festival run, including Clermont-Ferrand, Cannes SFC, Raindance, East End FF, Aesthetica, Razorreel, & Fantastisk, after which it received a cinema release and was picked up for distribution by Origine. It is now on Vimeo on demand and Amazon.

Richard has made branded films/content/commercials for AMAZON, MASERATI, THE BRITS, APPLE, FIFA, EA SPORTS, FORD, SONY, ADIDAS, PEPSI, TESCO, EUROSTAR, HIVE, GREY GOOSE, NotOnTheHighStreet, SUGRU, Carlsberg, BBC & Scottish Government, to name a few.

Richard also worked as creative director for Comic Relief, commissioning a series of films for the FIFA WORLD CUP

WINNER
GOLD - Drum Roses  - Drive like Gran's in the car advert
Chair Award - Drum Roses  - Drive like Gran's in the car advert

WINNER
Broadcast Press Guild Award - Crackanory

NOMINATED
Broadcast Digital Award - Crackanory

NOMINATED
Rose D’or - ITV’s Orange Playlist - Series Director

WINNER
Bronze - Epica - Online - Puppy Pulling Power - Sony Ericsson.

WINNER
Bronze - One Show Branded Entertainment - Puppy Pulling Power - Sony Ericsson.

SHORTLIST
Cannes Lions - Cyber Lion - One Show Branded Entertainment - Puppy Pulling Power - Sony Ericsson.

WINNER
AMA Music Video - Jay Sean - DOWN
Including reaching no.1 in the USA billboard chart, amassing over 385 million YouTube hits and making it into VH1’s top 10 videos

WINNER
AMA Music Video - Jay Sean - Ride On It

Richard has further projects in development & is represented by Dark Energy for commercials in the UK and Greenroom Films in Scotland