BIOGRAPHY
Director | Producer | Director of Photography
Richard Bakewell, an award-winning Director, Producer, and Director of Photography, graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2003. In 2004 Richard founded the film and television company LIGHTFORCE PICTURES.
Richard has spent the last 20 years working as a Director, Producer, and Director of Photography for commercials, branded content, narrative films, corporate, music videos, and documentaries. Richard and his Production Team have received over 76 Awards commending their work in Film & Television.
Richard is a member of the PGA, ICG, DSC, IDA, SOC, & the ATAS. And most recently Richard finished filming a rock n roll documentary called LINDA PERRY: LET IT DIE HERE which will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, a MSNBC ocumentary about LGBTQ discrimination in the military called SERVING IN SECRET, and Richard just premiered his 1980s Psychological Sci-Fi Thriller Roswell Delirium at the Culver City Film Festival and won GRAND PRIZE for Best Feature Film and the film has now won 54 Awards.
