Kevin Richardson

Kevin Richardson

Head of Story

Senior Producer / Supervisor Head of Story / 20 yrs

Redwood City, CA USA

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Head of Story

Tofu (2017)

Producer Director

In Development

Feature Story Manager

TBA Feature Film

Motion Picture Animation and FX work

Willow (1988)

Motion Picture Animation and FX work

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Motion Picture Animation and FX work

The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

Roto and Matte work at Mill Valley Animation

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Colorist

The Plague Dogs (1983)
Jeffrey Jenkins gets hung
Bimmer Fever
Turtle Island Restoration Network
I am a PMP certified senior level creative manager of complex entertainment and creative projects.

Currently I am managing feature film story teams in the Pacific Rim.

I have an international feature animation, games and technology background.

The first years of my career were spent working on feature films and TV series as a layout artist, animator and supervisor in the USA, Europe and Taiwan - then as a producer of multiplayer games.
Work History

  • Head of Story

    Studio Climb

    April 2016 - April 2017
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • EP

    Parallax Media Ventures

    August 2015 - March 2016

  • PM for Product Re-Branding initiative

    COPLAN SRL

    May 2020 - June 2020
    Province of Milan, Italy

  • Product Manager

    Crover

    February 2021 - August 2021
    Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Guiding the robotics team to build a robust grain monitoring solution to reduce the waste of one-third of the world's grains to moisture and pest infestation.

  • Product Manager

    Tomes GmbH

    August 2021 - Present
    Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Mehr Zeit für Medizin! Helping make idana the go-to partner and platform for best-in-class patient-doctor communications, streamlining operations, freeing up time, cost-saving, and improving medical outcomes.

  • Executive Producer

    Parallax Media Ventures

    May 2015 - Present

    Parallax is a developer of feature film content with AAA story and production artists.

  • Executive Producer/Publisher

    GAMESPIN

    December 2011 - October 2014

    Gamespin is a boutique publisher of hidden object games for desktop and iPad, and a promoter of select, award-winning films through gamified versions. The games can be found on 220 portals including bigfishgames, iwin, amazon, aol, msn, gamehouse, wildtangent, verizon on demand, and others. Gamespin produces games in partnership with Hungama Digital Entertainment.

  • Executive Producer

    Parallax Media Ventures

    May 2015 - April 2020

    Developing early stage feature films. Parallax works with, and develops projects with Claus Dzalakowski and Druid Studios.

  • Feature Story Manager, Story Artist

    Ants Animation Studio

    October 2014 - April 2015
    Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

    Story manager and storyboard artist for a feature animated film using PMP and Agile/Scum methodologies.

  • Senior Producer

    Nickelodeon

    July 2008 - December 2011
    San Francisco Bay Area

    Produced, designed, outsourced, prospected and acquired, managed, ingested (published) a portfolio of single, multiplayer games and one fb social game - working with the game studio, legal, marketing, finance, engineering, and my fellow producers.

  • Producer

    iWin

    September 2004 - April 2007
    San Francisco, California, United States

    Produced multiplayer subscription based Family Feud Online Party, Risk, Boggle, Trivial Pursuit, Battleship, and others. Managed a live team and content pipeline for a massively successful subscription based game (Feud).

  • Executive Producer/Game Studio

    Mattel Interactive

    April 1994 - January 2001
    Fremont, CA

    Built the Reader Rabbit and Cluefinders game portfolio with my producers, learning specialists, art and animation leads, software engineers and marketing partners, factoring in qualitative and quantitative research, national curriculum objectives, pedagogy, consumer and user testing - while inspiring and challenging a group of 25 employees and 50 contractors.

  • Executive Producer

    GAMESPIN

    May 2015 - July 2015

  • Creative Director

    Self

    April 2007 - January 2008

    Provided creative, production management, and design services for clients.
    Produced and published Ghost Town Mysteries game IP with Hungama Digital Media.
    Developed games, creative pitches, and motion picture pitches.

  • Professor - CG and animation projects

    Cogswell Polytechnical College

    September 2001 - June 2005

    Taught the capstone CG animation class where I guided students and facilitated critiques as they designed and completed a senior level project.

  • Founder/CEO - Executive Producer

    Living Colours, Munich

    January 1990 - January 1994
    Munich Area, Germany

    Directed and/or produced animated commercials for Procter and Gamble, Ferrerro Chocolates, BeeDees Underwear, Zamek Soup, and other various European products often as a resource for Dowsing and Leonard. Localized animated productions for German TV. Developed animated pilot for an EU TV series with my partners TVC London, Estudio Moro Madrid, and my French partners Jean Pierre Gibrat and Didier Brunner. Was a member of Cartoon, the EU's MEDIA initiative. Worked with the talented producers Didier Brunner, Santiago Moro and John Coates.

  • Motion Picture Animation and FX work

    Lucasfilm, Disney, MS FIlms, Dowsing & Leonard

    January 1986 - January 1989

    Disney/Hyperion Kushner Locke - The Brave Little Toaster (layout)
    ILM/LucasFilms Ltd. - rotoscope and animation on Willow (FX animation and roto), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (roto)
    MS FIlms - Layout and Animation direction
    Dowsing and Leonard - Animator
    Duck Soup - Animator, various commercials
    Wang Films - Pound Puppies, Flintstone Kids (Layout Supervision, Layout)

  • Motion Picture Animation and FX work

    Lucasfilm, Disney, MS FIlms, Dowsing & Leonard

    January 1986 - January 1989

    Disney/Hyperion Kushner Locke - The Brave Little Toaster (layout)
    ILM/LucasFilms Ltd. - rotoscope and animation on Willow (FX animation and roto), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (roto)
    MS FIlms - Layout and Animation direction
    Dowsing and Leonard - Animator
    Duck Soup - Animator, various commercials
    Wang Films - Pound Puppies, Flintstone Kids (Layout Supervision, Layout)

  • Colorist

    Nepenthe Productions

    December 1981 - December 1982
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Education

  • Bachelor of Arts - Summa Cum Laude in Computer Video Imaging

    University of Silicon Valley

    2002 - 2004

  • Character Animation - Motion Picture School

    CalArts

    September 1979 - June 1981

  • Cogswell Polytechnical College

    2002 - 2004

  • University of California, Santa Cruz

    1996 - 2001

  • College of Marin

    ? - ?