Riz Story
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Riz Story is an American musician,[1] composer, and film director.
Riz Story was born in California in 1976. In his early teens he began to study symphonic orchestration with celebrated composer Dr. Langley,[who?] and at age 15 composed his first full-scale symphony. Story was called "a true Renaissance man" by Billboard,[citation needed] in reference to his wide array of talents, including musician, composer, record producer, poet, film maker, actor, and artist.
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[edit] Music career
Story formed the group Sylvia with Taylor Hawkins (later of Foo Fighters) and guitarist Sean Murphy. Story wrote 90% of the material.[citation needed] After Sylvia broke up, Story started a new band, Anyone, with Juano from Sky Cries Mary.
After several years in the underground alternative scene of Huntington Beach, California, Anyone won Best Band honors at the 1999 Los Angeles Music Awards.[citation needed] A self-released live album, Live Acid, attracted the attention of several labels, including Korn's Elementary label.[citation needed] The band signed to Roadrunner Records in 2000 and recorded their major label debut, which was co-produced by Story and Rick Parashar. The album received favorable reviews,[citation needed] and Anyone was named best new band by Kerrang! and Metal Hammer.[citation needed]
Several European tours followed including appearances at the Reading, Leeds, Pookelpop, and Lowlands festivals.[citation needed] Subsequent press coverage reflected the bands standout live show.[citation needed] Metal Hammer called the band's Reading performance "the highlight of the festival".[citation needed]
Story co-wrote, with Paula Abdul, the theme for Abdul's NBC show Live to Dance.[citation needed]
[edit] Film career
Story began his film directorial career with Togetherment. Part documentary, part art film, Togetherment explores issues pertinent to today's society through interviews with many Orange County luminaries (Korn, Social Distortion, Foo Fighters, Orgy, Lit, etc.).
In 2004, Story was invited to direct by the adult film company Vivid Entertainment.[citation needed] The resulting film In Aphrodite which also features original music written and performed by Story, met with favorable reviews,[citation needed] the majority of reviewers noting its highly artistic quality.[citation needed]
His first feature film, Goloka debuted on July 31, 2003 at the Dances with Films film festival in Santa Monica, California.[citation needed]. Goloka also played at other film festivals and was noted for it highly experimental poetic quality.[citation needed] Entertainment Today magazine proclaimed that, "gorgeous shots abound, and the score is an unexpected treat".[citation needed] Story later told the press that he considered Goloka to be his student film, and removed the film from circulation.[citation needed]
Currently, Story is completing his first commercial feature film entitled Places on the Run, which he wrote, produced, directed, edited, scored, as well as starred in. The film co-stars his fiancée, actress-singer-model Gabriella Ethereal.
“The concept is that an individual artist creates the film single handedly” he explained to Independent Film Journal magazine, “that is to say you not only write the score, but you perform all the instruments, produce and mix, everything… editing, color correction, sound design… basically just one guy and a Macintosh computer”.[citation needed]
Story is founder and President of Togetherment Films and Music. The Hollywood based production company was founded in 2000 as a vehicle for Story's films and musical projects and later grew into a commercial production house.
[edit] Writing career
As a writer, Story has completed several volumes of poetry including a collection entitled Love Letters to Humanity. In addition he has penned several screenplays including Sip the Pleasure of Days, which he co-wrote with Steven E. de Souza. Other screenwriting credits include Marcin Teoduro's 2010 film Closure.
[edit] References
- ^ "Anyone (review)". CMJ New Music Report: p. 10. March 11, 2002. http://books.google.com/books?id=B3_QdrXyJ78C&pg=PA10&dq=Riz+Story&hl=en&ei=du99To-GPJPKiALrhtm5Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Riz%20Story&f=false. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
