Richard O'Sullivan (film maker)
| Richard James O'Sullivan | |
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| Born |
June 10, 1968 Spartanburg, South Carolina United States |
| Residence | New York, New York |
| Occupation |
Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Website | http://www.lostcolonyentertainment.com/ |
Richard James O'Sullivan (born June 10, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, cinematographer, film editor, and founder of Lost Colony Entertainment.
O'Sullivan was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina to mother Barbara and father Ronald and moved to Forest City, North Carolina at the age of one. He wrote his first screenplay—entitled Hot Water—at the age of ten, and submitted it to family friend Earl Owensby (a legendary producer of Grindhouse movies).
In his late teens and early twenties, O'Sullivan worked as a radio disc jockey at WCGC (a then-country music radio station serving the Charlotte, North Carolina market). He was fired for refusing to stick to the station's playlist.
O'Sullivan began his career as a film producer in 2001, packaging a dark political comedy around a script he had written several years earlier, entitled How to Suck the Brain of a President's Daughter. Independent financing was raised; actors Anthony Stewart Head, Lindsay Felton, and Tanya Roberts were attached to star in the film; and Roddy Bottum (from the band Faith No More) came aboard to provide the musical score. However, before production began, the September 11 attacks occurred, and investors, sensitive to the controversial nature of the screenplay, pulled out, causing the project to be shelved.
In 2003, after scripting a straight-to-video release called AfterLife, O’Sullivan began working as a writer for the NBC television network's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning The More You Know series (writing PSA's for such stars as David Schwimmer,Goran Visnjic, Sharif Atkins, Christopher Meloni, Brittany Snow, and Donald Trump). His work, focusing on family communication and cultural diversity, helped garner NBC numerous honors, including a Promax Award and a Lambda Legal Liberty Award.
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