The Life of Eric Richards

Synopsis

Eric Richards had it all: the perfect job, the perfect girlfriend, the perfect friends. Until one day, his whole world takes an unexpected turn… and so does this seemingly unoriginal scenario!

Created by an experienced team, including director Robert Zimmerman (acting teacher of the Beverly Hills Playhouse in San Francisco with over 30 years of film and theater experience), actor/writer/producer Philippe Debaty (best acting nominee for The Audition, actor in over 20 film productions), cinematographer Samir Sinha (Scary Cow‘s best cinematography award winner for Violet is Single), this fast paced parody trailer explores what happens when you take some romantic comedy cliches to the extreme.

Premiere & Awards

The film premiered at the 16th Scary Cow film festival, at the majestic Castro Theater in San Francisco on March 3rd, 2012. It received the following awards:

 General Audience Award for Best Film
 Scary Cow Member’s Award for Best Film
 Best Directing
 Outstanding Writing
 Outstanding Cinematography
 Outstanding Editing
 Outstanding Lighting

Director’s Bio

Robert Zimmerman started working professionally at age eleven at The Sharon Playhouse. The next several years included training with Jack O’Brien (Old Globe Theater) and Tony Richardson (British National Theater) and some 60 stage productions from Connecticut to San Diego.

After taking a break to do some globe trotting, Robert arrived in LA to begin learning about Film and TV. He has appeared in Twin Peaks, The Larry Sanders Show, Port Charles and starred in the BBC made for TV movie, Murder, Too. Other film credits include the controversial Don’s Plum with Leonardo DiCaprio & Tobey Maguire and Working Trash with Ben Stiller. Rob also worked onstage at The Matrix Theater in the all star cast of The Tavern and received very strong reviews for his performance as the lead in Prelude to a Kiss.

Robert first came to the Beverly Hills Playhouse in 1991 and, in the words of one his teachers, ‘found [his] home.’ Over the next decade plus, he dedicated himself not only to his studies, but to the other students’ growth, as well. He is fascinated with the process of actors discovering what elements of the teaching work best for them. Working in as many as seven classes per week, Robert has helped guide literally hundreds of students to the rewards offered by Milton Katselas’ technique and vision of ‘a room full of stars.’

Production Stills

Courtesy of Gary Rocchio, our on set photographer.

The Life of Eric Richards – Album 1 Aug 19, 2011 photos: 104

The Life of Eric Richards – Album 2 Sep 11, 2011 photos: 87

Cast

Victoria Ma and Holly Covell

Eric Richards: Philippe Debaty
Ellie Belle: Holly Covell
Narrator: Robert Zimmerman
Jenny: Kristine Gerolaga
Bob: Dan Bernstein
Randy: Zavier Alexander
Glenn Mitchell: Steven Cloyles
Suited Man: Thomas Cokenias
Eric’s Doctor: Kevin Burke
Dinner guests: Justin Joyner, Danny Hamouie, Zulaika McEwen, Monserrat Perez, Ewelina Pazdzierny, Jennii Vo Le
Israeli Leader: Harris Perles
Palestinian Leader: Armando Rey
Party girls: Victoria Ma, Trena Hamidi, Stephanie Burd, Yulia Kutsopey

Crew

Robert Zimmerman and Kee Heywood

Director: Robert Zimmerman
Writer, Producer: Philippe Debaty
Director of Photography: Samir Sinha
Gaffer: Bill Spafford, Terry VerHaar
AD: Kee Heywood, Evan Humphrey, Sara Bennett
Key Grip/PA/Camera Assistant: Ben Tsai, Sara Bennett
Sound recording & Boom operator: Alisha McCutcheon, Jeff Boron, Kevin Jones, Megan Rhys
Editor: Kee Heywood
Color Correction & Sound Editing: Yuzhou Zhu
Music: John Savva
ADR Engineer: Peter Roos
Make-up, wardrobe: Victoria Ma, Megan Rhys, Kristine Gerolaga
Still photographer: Gary Rocchio
Location Manager (Office): Heather Ryan

Extras

Heather Ryan ,Sean Mann, Elena Del Real, Nouha Nouman, Steven Krimmel, Troy Forte, Nathan Doughty, Megan Rhys, Catherine Casol, Aliza Rupert