Richard Fendelman

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, I started my production career running the audio visual department while in junior high school. I was the only one who could figure out how to run the projectors. In high school I was a volunteer studio cameraman at the local Public Television station. After graduating from the University of Miami with a degree in television and film production, I ran the television and radio station aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy. Back in St. Louis, I became the popular radio personality Richard Fendel, the on-air news director at the rock station KSHE. Soon after moving to Miami to work in the news room of the local CBS television affiliate, I built and operated a very successful art cinema theater creating many mini film festivals and giving many independent documentary film makers a place to exhibit their films. Eventually, I migrated into production and became a location scout/manager on the tv show Miami Vice and went on to scout/manage for thousands of tv commercials, music videos, movies and tv series. Today, Richard is an established director producing segments for the PBS show Artstreet, filming commercials, documentaries and corporate videos. As a documentary style director, I have been called a master storyteller displaying a natural skill for bringing out intimate conversation with my subjects. I am accomplished at single and multi-camera productions. As a camera operator, I've been told that I frame a beautiful shot and as an editor I feel that I can make almost any footage seem interesting. Over the past few years, I have created a niche by producing behind-the-scenes promotional videos for large performing arts centers documenting the production of their musicals and plays.