- Hunter Richards sold his first original screenplay "Jack and Jill" (not the Sandler film) to Paramount Studios in a seven-figure deal. He worked as a "script doctor" for years before writing and directing his own material.
Hunter wrote and directed his first feature film "London" for Sony Studios, starring Chris Evans, Jessica Biel, Jason Statham, Isla Fischer, Dane Cook, Joy Bryant and Kat Dennings, which later became a cult film in the US and UK.
Hunter wrote and created two original TV series which were sold to FX and the E! Channel. During the year long writer's strike of 2008, he moved to Maui and produced his first documentary "Power" exploring the energy security of the planet, and investigating breakthrough "green technologies" to get Hawaii off diesel generators and fossil fuels.
In 2010, he directed a film following Sean Parker's battle to bring Spotify to the US. 2011, Hunter wrote and directed the short film "Awake" starring Rosario Dawson and Sean Lennon. In 2014, Hunter wrote and produced the Netflix film "Free the Nipple" and co-founded the international gender equality movement of the same name supported by celebrities such as Shepard Ferry, Kendal Jenner, Cara Delevingne, Lena Dunham, Bella Hadid, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna. Following his environmental passion, for years he lived off-the-grid in a rain forest in Maui and raised capital for green technologies.
Presently, Hunter is designing "digital therapeutic" mobile games controlled by heart rate and brainwaves using biofeedback. He is also writing and producing an 8-part limited TV series based on the novel "Growing Up Death Row"-- a true story about the the rise and fall of the infamous music label Death Row Records and the "fixer" who kept it afloat.- IMDb Mini Biography By: WVM
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