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 Blair Richwood's Qualifications & Credits

Blair Richwood established Richwood Script + Media to provide writers and directors with personalized development attention on a per-project basis.  In the feature business since 1986, Ms. Richwood has evaluated, analyzed or developed many hundreds of screenplays, pitches, treatments, stories and specs.  She has worked closely with high-level producing, directing and writing talent on the lot and on-set, from concept to release.  Speaking at conferences, teaching her workshops or assessing your script page, she brings a wealth of A-list experience to your project.

PRESIDENT - RICHWOOD SCRIPT + MEDIA (Richwood Script Consultants)
THE SOURCE FOR CONFIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, established January 1998

VICE-PRESIDENT of CREATIVE AFFAIRS to BARRY SONNENFELD (link)
THE SONNENFELD COMPANY/WALT DISNEY MOTION PICTURE GROUP, 1995 - 1997

INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT for DOUGLAS/REUTHER PRODUCTIONS (link)
PARAMOUNT STUDIOS, 1994 - 1995

PRODUCER - SINCERE PICTURES
LOS ANGELES, 1992 - 1994

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
"WRONG TURN AT LUNGFISH" DIRECTED BY GARRY MARSHALL, LOS ANGELES, 1992

DIRECTOR of DEVELOPMENT to GARRY MARSHALL (link)
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS/TOUCHSTONE PICTURES, 1991 - 1992

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT to LAURA ZISKIN (link)
LAURA ZISKIN PRODUCTIONS
TOUCHSTONE PICTURES and GUBER-PETERS ENTERTAINMENT, 1989 - 1991

CREATIVE ASSISTANT to GARRY MARSHALL
HENDERSON PROD. CO., INC., 1986 - 1989

MOTION PICTURES:

• THE OTHER SISTER - screen story co-written by Blair Richwood & Alexandra Rose in 1991
                      Director - Garry Marshall, screenplay by Marshall & Bob Brunner, Touchstone Pictures
• THE LIFT - aka KISS THE SUCKER, brought in by Richwood, originally set up at MGM
                      Producer - Barry Sonnenfeld (in development)
                      Screenplay by Neal and Tippi Dobrofsky
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST - comedy developed from a pitch by Mitch Markowitz
                      Producer - Barry Sonnenfeld, set up at New Line Cinema (in development)
                      Original Screenplay by Mitch Markowitz
• A NEW LEAF - remake brought in by Richwood, original screenplay by Elaine May
                 Producers - Cary Woods, Barry Sonnenfeld and Howard Koch  for Paramount Pictures
                      Rewrite by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski for Sonnenfeld to direct
• 10 MINUTE MAX - First in a series of short films, Director - Blair Richwood
                      Producer, Writer - Blair Richwood
• FRANKIE & JOHNNY - Paramount Pictures, Director - Garry Marshall
                      Producers - Garry Marshall, Alex Rose
• TRIBUTE TO GARRY MARSHALL - career retrospective to benefit  LA Free Clinic
                      Producer and Editor - Blair Richwood
• THE DOCTOR - Touchstone Pictures, Director - Randa Haines
                      Producers - Laura Ziskin, Ed Feldman
• WHAT ABOUT BOB? - Touchstone Pictures, Director - Frank Oz
                      Producer - Laura Ziskin
• PRETTY WOMAN - Touchstone Pictures, Director - Garry Marshall
                      Producers - Laura Ziskin, Steve Reuther, Arnon Milchan, Gary Goldstein
• BEACHES - Touchstone Pictures, Director - Garry Marshall
                      Producers - Bette Midler, Bonnie Bruckheimer, Margaret South, Teri Schwartz
• THE LOTTERY - a Walt Disney World Attraction Short, Director - Garry Marshall
                      Starring Bette Midler
                      Producer - Debra Hill
• OVERBOARD - MGM, Director - Garry Marshall
                      Producers - Goldie Hawn, Anthea Sylbert, Roddy McDowell, Alex Rose 

TELEVISION:

• 100% RIGHT! - Walt Disney TV, a Primetime Quiz Show Created by Blair Richwood
                       Developed by Michael Hill and Steve Radosh for ABC
• NOTHING IN COMMON - NBC Series (13 episodes)
                       Producers - Garry Marshall, Alex Rose
• BEACH BROTHERS - CBS Pilot, Director - Garry Marshall
                       Starring Hank Azaria and Ted Henning
                       Producer - Edward Milkis
• LET'S GET MOM - FOX TV Pilot, Director - Garry Marshall
                       Starring Carol Kane
                       Producers - Polly Platt, Dennis Klein
• CLASSIC COKE COMMERCIALS (2) with Art Carney, Director - Garry Marshall
                      Producer - Herb Sidel
• BREAK THE BANK - ABC game show (1 season, daily)
                      Producers - Richard Klein, Gary Cox

THEATRE:

• WRONG TURN AT LUNGFISH - a play by Garry Marshall and Lowell Ganz
                      Starring George C. Scott, Laurie Metcalfe and Tony Danza
                      Producers - Jim Freydberg, Jeffrey Ash, Jean Van Tuyle
                      Associate Producer - Blair Richwood (HAT contract, sold out Coronet Theater)
• SHOWBIZ NIGHTMARES - a one-man show written by and starring Jim Turner (ARLI$$)
                      Director - Blair Richwood, Theatre Theatre, Hollywood
• CRITIC AT LARGE - a one-woman show written by and starring Annabelle Gurwitch
                      Director - Blair Richwood, The Lex Theater, Hollywood

ACTOR

Ms. Richwood has performed roles in 31 stage plays, musicals, commercials and features, and brings that inside understanding to your characters.

FREELANCE EDITOR

Outside of her executive duties, Ms. Richwood had been engaged to revise screenplays, plays and TV projects, edit treatments, draft speeches, write contest applications, and co-write screen stories before launching Richwood Script & Media.

COSTUME DESIGNER

Over a fourteen year period, Blair Richwood designed and/or produced costumes for over 50 stage and video productions, ranging in size from OKLAHOMA!, MUSIC MAN and ALLEGRO! to THE SERPENT and DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.  She's worked for many theaters in California, Wisconsin, Oregon and Massachusetts, including The Fountainhead, Nosotros, North Shore Music Theater, LACC Theater Academy, Pasadena CLO, and the Shrine Auditorium.  From 1978 - 1981 Ms. Richwood was on the staff at Beverly Hills High School as the Theatre Arts Department Costumer for John Ingle and Joel Pressman, leading workshops in design and production as well as costuming their acclaimed musicals, plays and dance recitals.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

UCLA Extension, WGAw, AFI, SAG

Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.