Richard Switzer
| Richard Switzer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 6, 1995 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Producer, Entrepreneur |
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.[1] He specializes in film finance and raised over one million dollars of private equity for independent film by the age of 20.[2] He founded Switzer Entertainment Group to produce, develop, package, and finance market driven independent films. SEG has an output deal with Taylor & Dodge for worldwide distribution. [3]
Early life
Richard Switzer was born in Queens, New York and developed an interest in film at an early age. He moved to Groton, Connecticut at the age of 12 and attended Fitch Senior High School, graduating in 2013. Switzer then attended film school at the School of Visual Arts.[4] During his first year of film school, Switzer posted an ad on Craigslist looking for a script after developing the idea to make a low-budget film with a crew of film students and target the female-driven TV market. The ad was responded to by veteran screenwriter George P. Saunders, who wrote A Fatal Obsession, which went into production in early 2014. The film was successfully sold to the Lifetime Movie Network and premiered on December 20, 2015.[4]
Career
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.
In December 2015, Switzer Entertainment Group financed and produced Arlo: the Burping Pig, a family film about a little girl and her misadventures with a teacup pig, voiced by Drake Bell. The film also stars Joey Lawrence, Jennifer Taylor, and Amber Montana, with a cameo from Bill Moseley. Alchemy acquired the North American rights for a late 2016 release.
Switzer Entertainment Group has provided finishing funds and gap financing to films such as My First Miracle and Jack Goes Home, starring Britt Robertson, Nikki Reed, and Rory Culkin.
Altitude was shot in Los Angeles, California from February to March 2016, with 24 shooting days. It revolves around a female FBI agent (Denise Richards) that is offered fifty million dollars to help a thief escape from a hijacked airplane. Dolph Lundgren also stars in the film alongside Greer Grammer, Chuck Liddell, and Jonathan Lipnicki.
Switzer produced Christmas All Over Again, a family comedy film about a teenager stuck in a time loop on Christmas day. The film was directed by Christy Carlson Romano in her directorial debut and stars Sean Ryan Fox, Amber Montana, and Armani Jackson.
Switzer was as an Executive Producer on Tragedy Girls, a comedy-horror film starring Alexandra Shipp, Brianna Hildebrand, Josh Hutcherson, Craig Robinson, and Kevin Durand.
Filmography
- A Fatal Obsession (2014) – Producer
- Buddy Hutchins (2014) – Producer, Joel Hutchins
- School's Out (2015) – Producer, Danny Kent
- Blue Line (2015) – Producer
- Isolation (2015) – Executive Producer
- My First Miracle (2015) – Co-Executive Producer
- Emma's Chance (2016) – Executive Producer
- Jack Goes Home (2015) – Co-Executive Producer
- Arlo: The Burping Pig (2016) – Producer
- Altitude (2016) – Producer
- Christmas All Over Again (2016) – Producer
- Tragedy Girls (2017) – Executive Producer