Profile Details
- Country: Canada
- Province/State: Ontario
- City: Toronto
- How do you Identify?: Male
- Field of Work: Fiction/Scripted
- Union: WGC
- Rep: Jody Goldwasser/Integral
- Interested In: TV Writing Room
- Recent Credits: Screenwriting: 16 Hudson (TVO), Miss Persona (Treehouse, Story Editor), Sudden Master (OMNI/Rogers), Kandu Attitude (JFL ComedyPRO Pitch Finalist)
- Contact Information: off2kali@gmail.com
- Link: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4346793/
Bio
Of South Asian (Indo-Caribbean) background, Richard is a both a Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) member and the ACTRA Toronto Treasurer.
In the children’s television landscape, he wrote for the multicultural television cartoon “16 Hudson” (TVO), was a story editor for “Miss Persona” (Treehouse), and is an alumnus of the Black, Indigenous & People of Colour (BIPOC) Kid’s TV Writing Bootcamp. Richard also wrote the Caribbean-Canadian short “Maternal” (Winner: Best Short, CaribbeanTales International Film Festival) and co-created/wrote the Chinese-Canadian digital series “Sudden Master” (OMNI/Rogers).
“Kandu Attitude”, the South Asian-Canadian sitcom pilot script he co-wrote, was a Pitch Finalist in Just For Laughs ComedyPRO, a Quarter-Finalist in the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, and a WGC Diversity Script of the Month selection. Richard’s acting credits include Jett (Cinemax), Taken (NBC), Kim’s Convenience (Netflix-CBC), Endlings (Hulu-CBC), Incorporated (SyFy) and The Strain (FX).
Additionally, Richard co-spearheaded the Ontario ACTRA Census, an Ontario Creates-funded research project that assessed Ontario screen performer demographics as well as wage and opportunity gaps.
Intro
As a screenwriter and performer of colour, I’m excited to work with artists who are ready to move the dial to make great work that actually reflects our country.
As well, through my work with ACTRA as the ACTRA Toronto Treasurer, reach out to me in regards to any Canadian diverse casting topics or issues you have.