Richard Hull (executive)

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Richard Hull is an American media and entertainment executive, and film and television financier/producer. He is the Founder and CEO of Pongalo (formerly known as Latin Everywhere), which controls one of the largest libraries of Spanish-language content in the world. [1]

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He has led to the creation of and produced more than 25 films and television shows, including She's All That starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook. In 2011, he won the NAACP Image Award for his film For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots, which he produced with Halle Berry with an introduction by Colin Powell.[ citation needed ]

In 2000, he and Matthew McConaughey produced The Story of Darrell Royal about legendary University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal. The film featured President George W. Bush, Willie Nelson, Ed Marinaro, Keith Jackson, Mack Brown and Tom Hicks. He contributed an essay to the book Dancing with Digital Natives: Staying in Step with the Generation That's Transforming the Way Business Is Done.[ citation needed ] The book won the 2012 Axiom Bronze Award in the General Business category [2] and it was a 2011 USA Awards Best Books finalist. [3]

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In July 2014, he married Kelly Straub at the Aspen Valley Polo Club in Aspen, CO. There was a professional polo game after his wedding. [4] He graduated with honors[ citation needed ] from Vanderbilt University, where he sits on the Alumni Board. [5] He is the co-founder of Vanderbilt in Hollywood, which places current Vanderbilt students into summer entertainment internships in Los Angeles. [6] He grew up in Dallas, Texas and attended high school at Jesuit College Preparatory School. His father, Richard M. Hull Sr, was a prominent attorney in Dallas, TX who was the CEO of President Lyndon Johnson’s LBJ Company in Austin, TX. [7] He had no intentions to get into the entertainment business, but sparked to it when, 20 minutes before curtain, he was given the chance to appear in a theater show after college. He lived in a tent for a summer on an archaeological expedition in Alaska. [8]

Filmography

Producer

YearFilmNotes
2018The PublicFeatured Film
2018Extracurricular ActivitiesFeatured Film
2017Girl FluFeatured Film
2008Tenure
2007On Set, On EdgeTV mini-series
2007Daddy Day Camp
2007MTV's PayoffShort
2007Spin
2004He's the MayorTV series
2004Campus CopsTV series
2003Free For AllTV series
2002American Psycho II: All American GirlVideo
2001On the Line
2001Get Over It
1999The Story of Darrell RoyalVideo documentary
1999She's All That
1998Race
1998Jekyll Island
1997Mulligan Men
1996The SpartansShort
1996Within the Lines

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References

  1. ↑ Spangler, Todd (October 8, 2014). "Hispanic Digital-Media Company 'Latin Everywhere' Formed via GoTV, Latin Anywhere Merger". Variety . Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Announcing Results of the 5th Annual Axiom Business Book Awards". Independent Publisher.
  3. ↑ Erisman, Al (3 February 2013). "Dancing With Digital Natives". Ethix. Retrieved 2025-01-13.[ self-published source ]
  4. ↑ Berusch, Brian. "Aspen "I Do's"". hawaiipololife.com. Hawaii Polo Life. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nine Added to Alumni Association Board". vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt Magazine. September 6, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2019.[ non-primary source needed ]
  6. ↑ Thomsen, Cindy (Spring 2010). "Vandy in Hollywood". Vanderbilt Magazine.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Richard M. Hull". Dallas Morning News. 23 February 2009.
  8. ↑ Ford, Luke. "Producer Richard Hull". lukeford.net. Retrieved January 4, 2019.[ self-published source ]
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