Richard Ford, Jr.

Production supervised 1st Unit film crew in New York City for a 1-month prep, 2-day shoot of the feature film titled "The Last Laugh", starring Chevy Chase, Richard Dreyfus, and Andie MacDowell.

Produced & 2nd Unit directed the video coverage of the 5th Annual Grace Foods Jamaican Jerk Festival (held at Roy Wilkins State Park in Floral Park Queens, NY). While working alongside the Executive Producer & supervising a 3-unit camera/audio recording crew my responsibility was to capture the entire festival which included the 2 musical performance stages, the cultural stage, the Jamaican Jerk Food Cook-Off, the Celebrity Press area, interviews of the sponsors & vendors, and gather b-roll of the audiences (families) having fun.

RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING & SUPERVISING ALL ASPECTS OF PROD AND POST-PROD OF CLIENTS BRAND CONTENT PROMOTIONS. BEGINS WITH DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT PROPOSALS & A PROD BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR FINAL PROCUREMENT OF THE PROJECTS. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE SCHEDULING & SUPERVISING ALL EDITORIAL PROJECTS TO COMPLETION AND DELIVERY OF ALL FINAL ASSETS TO CLIENT.

Currently working as a Supervising Producer or Senior Creative Producer on various Film, Television, Brand Content projects & Music Videos in & thru out New York, California, Atlanta, Florida, and Arizona.

Contributed to the overall development of Riviera Films corporate image thru the solicitation & contracting of new Film/TV production projects. Maintained & supervised all in-house productions from initial bidding stages to production & post-production. To completion and delivery of final elements & assets to clients (i.e. average annual client-billing volume per year was $3.5mil).

Managed & supervised departmental budgets & expenditures related to all accounts related to the University’s Tisch School of the Arts. I reported directly to TSOA’s Chairman regarding the financial status of all ten (10) sub-divisions within the TSOA’s educational program. Compiled & submitted special budget statements & monthly budget reports on a regular basis as well as on the request of the Chairman. Also participated in monthly staff meetings with the Chairman & tenure Professors to develop continued cost effective strategies for departmental operations & new TSOA policies. The annual TSOA operating budget for all ten (10) sub-divisions was $8.5mil.