Richard Switzer | |
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Born | Queens, New York, U.S. | August 6, 1995
Occupation | Producer |
Richard Switzer (born August 6, 1995) is an American film producer.. [1]
Switzer produced 3 feature films within 18 months of graduating high school, including the Lifetime Television film A Fatal Obsession, Buddy Hutchins starring Jamie Kennedy and Sally Kirkland, and After School Special, featuring Nick Swardson. He produced and/or executive produced a variety of action and family films including Altitude with Denise Richards and Dolph Lundgren, Isolation with Dominic Purcell and Arlo: The Burping Pig with Drake Bell and Joey Lawrence.
Switzer was an Executive Producer on Tragedy Girls, a comedy-horror film starring Alexandra Shipp, Brianna Hildebrand, Josh Hutcherson, Craig Robinson, and Kevin Durand. The film premiered at South by Southwest and was released by Gunpowder & Sky. He produced Black Water , an action-thriller film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, released by Saban Films in North America, and premiering on 3,000 screens in China, grossing $8 million theatrically. In 2020, he produced Money Plane starring Adam Copeland, Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane and Denise Richards.
In 2020, Switzer directed his first movie "Friends Who Kill".
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