Richard Martini is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Richard Martini grew up in Northbrook, Illinois. He made his feature film directorial debut with the “quintessential 80’s comedy” "You Can’t Hurry Love," which featured the debut of Bridget Fonda. Martini was a Humanities Major at Boston University, attended USC Film School.

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  • Richard Martini is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Richard Martini grew up in Northbrook, Illinois. He made his feature film directorial debut with the “quintessential 80’s comedy” "You Can’t Hurry Love," which featured the debut of Bridget Fonda. Martini was a Humanities Major at Boston University, attended USC Film School. His student short film "Lost Angels" was the film debut of fellow Chicago native Daryl Hannah, and his film "Special Olympians" won the 1980 Mexico City International Film Festival. Martini left USC to work for writer/director Robert Towne ("Chinatown," "Ask The Dust") where he did everything from typing up Towne’s notes to walking Towne's Oscar nominated dog Hira. (Hira has the distinction of being the only dog ever nominated in the writing category; when Towne's script for "Greystoke" was nominated, he used the pseudonym P.H. Vazak, his dog's official name). It was after that Martini wrote his first feature “My Champion” which starred Christopher (son of Robert) Mitchum and Yoko Shimada (Shogun). He then wrote the Charlie Sheen comedy “Three For the Road” for Vista Films. Martini directed a comedy short “Video Valentino” shot by fellow USC alum John Schwartzman (“Seabiscuit”) and produced by Jonathan Krane (“Face Off”) The short led to a deal with Vestron Pictures, where he made "You Can’t Hurry Love" based on the short. Martini then co-wrote and directed two films for Producer Jonathan Krane; "Limit Up," starring Nancy Allen, Dean Stockwell and Ray Charles, and "Point of Betrayal," with Rod Taylor and Dina Merril. Martini then worked on "Cannes Man" (also released as "Con Man" by Vanguard) starring Francesco Quinn and Seymour Cassel, with appearances by Johnny Depp and the "cast of characters who inhabit the film festival each year. " Martini later directed the Dogme film "Camera – Dogme #15," shot on digital video; it follows the life of a video camera around the world. Dogme95 List He's also directed documentaries; "Tibetan Refugee" explores the Tibetan community in Dharamsala, "Sister Cities" explores the relationship between Chicago and Casablanca in the Eisenhower program, and "Journey Into Tibet" follows Buddhist scholar and author Robert Thurman Tibet House on a sacred journey around Mt. Kailash in Western Tibet. He recently co-wrote and produced “My Bollywood Bride” Variety Reviewstarring Jason Lewis and Kashmera Shah. Among Martini’s television credits include producing segments and appearing on the award winning “Charles Grodin Show” on CNBC. He's also written freelance articles for Variety, Premiere, Inc. com, Epicurean Rendezvous and appears in USA Today as a commentator about "American Idol. " Article He's married and has two children, lives in Santa Monica, California.
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  • Richard Martini is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Richard Martini grew up in Northbrook, Illinois. He made his feature film directorial debut with the “quintessential 80’s comedy” "You Can’t Hurry Love," which featured the debut of Bridget Fonda. Martini was a Humanities Major at Boston University, attended USC Film School.
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