Richard Arlook
| Richard Arlook | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard Arlook New York, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Founder & President, The Arlook Group Talent Manager Film Producer |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Arlook 1986-2005 (3 children) Nicole Collins (2016-Present) (1 Child) |
Richard Arlook is an American talent manager, film producer and the President of The Arlook Group, a talent and literary management, production, and consulting company based in Beverly Hills, California. Prior to founding The Arlook Group in 2008, he was a senior partner and the Head of Motion Picture Lit. at The Gersh Agency.
Born in New York City, Arlook moved to Puerto Rico at age 6 where his father was a senior U.S government official. He is a graduate of Antilles High School on Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, where he was elected student council president his senior year. Deciding on a career in Film and Television early on, Richard attended Emerson College, where he had access to equipment and facilities to produce his first shorts and film projects.
Throughout college Arlook interned for ABC News 20/20 (U.S. TV series) under Geraldo Rivera. During his senior year Arlook produced The Mystery of the Andrea Doria: A Hidden Irony, about the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria, which Rivera narrated.
Following College, Arlook moved to California to get into the film industry in Los Angeles. His first job was as a contestant coordinator on the game show Tic-Tac-Dough.
Richard went to work as a servicing agent for Goldfarb Distributors, an international film distribution company from 1984-1985, eventually working his way into sales and film development.
In 1985, Arlook went to work for Academy Award winning producer Scott Rudin, as his assistant, who at the time was president of production at 20th Century Fox.
In 1986 at the age of 24 Arlook founded High Bar Pictures, and in 1989 before joining The Gersh Agency he produced his first feature film After Midnight for MGM. While a low budget anthology thriller, the film is most notable for its camera department, which was led by Academy Award nominated cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska). Serving as key grip was 2 time Academy Award winner Janusz Kamiński (Schindler’s List & Saving Private Ryan), while Academy Award winner and noted director Wally Pfister served as the gaffer (Inception). Mauro Fiore, who served as best boy, is noted for winning an Academy Award for his work on Avatar.
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