Richard Zelniker
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
A Montreal native based in Los Angeles, Richard Zelniker is an award-winning director, writer and producer. In the early 90's, Zelniker lived in Toronto before moving to Los Angeles, where he began developing his own projects to direct. His acclaimed short, A Test Of Will, which he directed, produced and wrote, led to his award winning feature directorial debut, Fix, (aka, Menage a Trois), starring James Patrick Stuart and actor turned director, Burr Steers.
Richard's second feature as director, As Night Comes, (starring Luke Baines and Myko Olivier and featuring Martin Kove of Cobra Kai fame) gained wide exposure and glowing reviews beginning with a limited theatrical run, followed by a wide SVOD launch, and then a DVD release.
Among the feature scripts Zelniker is now developing is the music drama, "All In The Music", the high school crime thriller, "BFF" with Alyvia Alyn Lind attached to star. And the horror film, El Cucuy. Among the cast attached are Jamie McShane and Danny Trejo.
In April, 2022, Richard's romcom, Following Brendan, co-written with his wife, Callie won the Grand Prize in Stage 32's RomCom screenplay contest. That same year, he directed and produced the music video, Gotta Go released on YouTube.
Over the past four years, Richard has also directed and produced several award winning shorts, among them: Beckoned, a horror ghost story, starring Ciara Hanna, Green Banana an offbeat comedy and the drama/ crime thriller, Unspoken, starring Michael Beach, Jamie McShane and Jeante Godlock.
He recently completed the feature comedy/drama, The Vortex, with the acclaimed cast: Billy Gardell, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Azita Ghanizada, Jamie McShane, Christopher Titus, Emily Alabi and Nick Gomez. Coming in 2024, we anticipate it will make a year long run at the festivals. Plus, it is being developed for an hour-long episodic series for streaming.
Richard's second feature as director, As Night Comes, (starring Luke Baines and Myko Olivier and featuring Martin Kove of Cobra Kai fame) gained wide exposure and glowing reviews beginning with a limited theatrical run, followed by a wide SVOD launch, and then a DVD release.
Among the feature scripts Zelniker is now developing is the music drama, "All In The Music", the high school crime thriller, "BFF" with Alyvia Alyn Lind attached to star. And the horror film, El Cucuy. Among the cast attached are Jamie McShane and Danny Trejo.
In April, 2022, Richard's romcom, Following Brendan, co-written with his wife, Callie won the Grand Prize in Stage 32's RomCom screenplay contest. That same year, he directed and produced the music video, Gotta Go released on YouTube.
Over the past four years, Richard has also directed and produced several award winning shorts, among them: Beckoned, a horror ghost story, starring Ciara Hanna, Green Banana an offbeat comedy and the drama/ crime thriller, Unspoken, starring Michael Beach, Jamie McShane and Jeante Godlock.
He recently completed the feature comedy/drama, The Vortex, with the acclaimed cast: Billy Gardell, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Azita Ghanizada, Jamie McShane, Christopher Titus, Emily Alabi and Nick Gomez. Coming in 2024, we anticipate it will make a year long run at the festivals. Plus, it is being developed for an hour-long episodic series for streaming.