Rich is a new writer of speculative fiction, and is adapting stories from his collection, "Fantastical," for the screen. This includes THE ELF THIEF and PANDORA'S DESTINY (feature animations), as well as WHEN MYRA MET SAM (feature sci-fi). Rich works with other members of Willamette Writers to develop quality fiction and screenplays. For Rich, a typical story starts with “What would it be like if...”. And then, the journey begins.
Before focusing on screenwriting, Rich had extensive experience as a business analyst, helping companies large and small understand how to best make use of their computers and electronic networks. He specialized in sales automation and other aspects of customer relationship management. He grew up in Ohio. He lived about 25 years in Silicon Valley, and before that in the Research Triangle Park, NC.
Rich has significant interests in science, history, and philosophy, which inform the stories in Fantastical and his screenplays.
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Ralph Goes to Dog School Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy When an energetic border collie makes a very expensive mistake, his humans take him to a school of badly-behaved dogs so he can learn to fit into their suburban lives.
Pandora's Destiny: Pandora Learns the Ways of Man Budget: $5M - $10M | Animation Angered when Prometheus gives man fire, Zeus sends Pandora to destroy man. But Pandora has her own ideas.
The Elf Thief Budget: $30M+ | Animation ⋄ Family When a young elf thief is captured by humans they demand he stop stealing, but only love and his conscience make him want to change his ways.
When MYRA Met SAM Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi A sentient AI program must protect a fellow AI—and the love of her life—from an evil human at a spy agency intent on shutting him down.
Looker Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller A woman hates the glare of a man on the street, but when she confronts him, he gives her what she asks for.
Happy Go Play Budget: $0 - $100K | Animation ⋄ Family Rich has to work and tells Happy dog to go play while he waits. Rich finds out Happy did go play.
Mount Union College
(1972-1977)