Richard Switzer | |
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Born |
Queens, New York, U.S. |
August 6, 1995
Occupation | Producer |
Richard Switzer (born August 6, 1995) is an American film producer. Switzer was profiled on Entertainment Tonight at the age of 18 for being the youngest producer in history. He specializes in film finance and raised over one million dollars of private equity for independent film by the age of 20.
Switzer produced 3 feature films within a year and a half of graduating high school, including the Lifetime Channel film A Fatal Obsession, Buddy Hutchins starring Jamie Kennedy and Sally Kirkland, and School's Out, featuring Nick Swardson.
Switzer produced the action-thriller film Blue Line, starring Tom Sizemore, Jordan Ladd, and Kevin Nash. The film revolves around a woman and her best friend who plan to rob her husband's business in order to escape her abusive marriage.
He served as an Executive Producer on Isolation, starring Dominic Purcell, Stephen Lang, and Tricia Helfer. Switzer Entertainment Group gap financed the project. The film will be released in the summer of 2016.
Switzer also served as an Executive Producer on Emma's Chance, a family film centering on Red Bucket Equine Rescue, a famous horse rescue ranch located in Chino Hills, CA. It was shot on location at Red Bucket, and stars Greer Grammer, Missi Pyle, Joey Lawrence, with a supporting cast featuring Jennifer Taylor, Christina Robinson, Lia Marie Johnson, Amber Montana, and Ryan McCartan.