Richard Switzer
| Richard Switzer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 6, 1995 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Producer |
Richard Switzer (born August 6, 1995) is an American film producer. Switzer was profiled on Entertainment Tonight at the age of 18 for being the youngest producer in history.[1] He specializes in film finance and raised over one million dollars of private equity for independent film by the age of 20.[2]
Career
Switzer produced 3 feature films within a year and a half of graduating high school, including the Lifetime Channel film A Fatal Obsession, Buddy Hutchins starring Jamie Kennedy and Sally Kirkland, and School's Out, featuring Nick Swardson.
Switzer produced the action-thriller film Blue Line, starring Tom Sizemore, Jordan Ladd, and Kevin Nash. The film revolves around a woman and her best friend who plan to rob her husband's business in order to escape her abusive marriage.
He served as an Executive Producer on Isolation, starring Dominic Purcell, Stephen Lang, and Tricia Helfer. Switzer Entertainment Group gap financed the project. The film will be released in the summer of 2016.
Switzer also served as an Executive Producer on Emma's Chance, a family film centering on Red Bucket Equine Rescue, a famous horse rescue ranch located in Chino Hills, CA. It was shot on location at Red Bucket, and stars Greer Grammer, Missi Pyle, Joey Lawrence, with a supporting cast featuring Jennifer Taylor, Christina Robinson, Lia Marie Johnson, Amber Montana, and Ryan McCartan.
In December 2015, Switzer Entertainment Group financed and produced Arlo: the Burping Pig, a family film about a little girl and her misadventures with a teacup pig, voiced by Drake Bell. The film also stars Joey Lawrence, Jennifer Taylor, and Amber Montana, with a cameo from Bill Moseley. Alchemy acquired the North American rights for a late 2016 release.
Switzer Entertainment Group has provided finishing funds and gap financing to films such as My First Miracle and Jack Goes Home, starring Britt Robertson, Nikki Reed, and Rory Culkin.
Altitude was shot in Los Angeles, California from February to March 2016, with 24 shooting days. It revolves around a female FBI agent (Denise Richards) that is offered fifty million dollars to help a thief escape from a hijacked airplane. Dolph Lundgren also stars in the film alongside Greer Grammer, Chuck Liddell, and Jonathan Lipnicki.
Switzer produced Christmas All Over Again, a family comedy film about a teenager stuck in a time loop on Christmas day. The film was directed by Christy Carlson Romano in her directorial debut and stars Sean Ryan Fox, Amber Montana, and Armani Jackson.
Switzer is 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.
Switzer produced Black Water, an action-thriller film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.
Filmography
- A Fatal Obsession (2014) – Producer
- Buddy Hutchins (2014) – Producer, Joel Hutchins
- School's Out (2015) – Producer, Danny Kent
- Blue Line (2015) – Producer
- Isolation (2015) – Executive Producer
- My First Miracle (2015) – Co-Executive Producer
- Emma's Chance (2016) – Executive Producer
- Jack Goes Home (2015) – Co-Executive Producer
- Arlo: The Burping Pig (2016) – Producer
- Altitude (2016) – Producer
- Christmas All Over Again (2016) – Producer
- Tragedy Girls (2017) – Executive Producer
- Black Water (2018) - Producer