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. He was profiled on Entertainment Tonight at the age of 18 for being the youngest producer in history.[1]
Career
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 Edge (wrestler), Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane and Denise Richards.
Filmography
- A Fatal Obsession (2014) – Producer
- Buddy Hutchins (2014) – Producer, Joel Hutchins
- School's Out (2015) – Producer, Danny Kent
- The Assault (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
- A Dangerous Date (2017) – Producer
- A Mother's Worst Fear (2018) – Producer
- Love on Repeat (2019) – Producer
- In Bed With a Killer (2019) – Producer
- Erasing His Dark Past (2019) – Producer
- The Office Mix-Up (2019) – Producer
- Agent Toby Barks (2020) – Producer
- Final Kill (2020) – Executive Producer
- Top of the Class (2020) – Producer
- Money Plane (2020) – Producer
