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Richard is the founder and principal of Liberty Films, an independent film production company and consulting firm based in Wellington, New Zealand.

He is currently an Associate Producer on The Volcano and was recently the Executive Producer on the NZ/German co-production The Strength of Water and the financing Producer on the NZ/UK coproduction The Ferryman. Prior to founding Liberty Films, Richard was Head of Production for

Silverscreen Films for whom he was Co-Producer on the NZ/UK co-production River Queen and Production Executive on Geoff Murphy's Spooked.

Previously he spent more than three years at the New Zealand Film Commission as Head of Business Affairs responsible for negotiating and contracting all co-production, financing, distribution, and sales deals. He was also responsible for the set-up and day-to-day operation of the New Zealand Film Production Fund.

Richard previously worked in distribution for Australian sales agent and distributor Beyond Films heading up its Australian and New Zealand distribution operation and as Operations Manager for the UK independent distributor Feature Film Company.

Richard is heavily involved in screen industry policy matters as President and previously Vice President of SPADA (the New Zealand Producer's Association), chairing its Film Policy Group and is a former board member of the New Zealand Screen Council and member of its Tax Working Group.

He is a frequent speaker on film to industry groups including the Asia Film Market and Conference Media Financing Forum, the Film Business School, the SPADA Conference, Strategic Partners, the Vancouver International Film Festival Film and Television Trade Forum and Victoria University.