Richard Zelniker

Los Angeles, California

Owner at Lucid Pictures

DirectorProducerScreenwriterFilmmaker

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INDIEX FILM FEST 2020 - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - BECKONED - 2020

Award winning film Candy Apple Red - 2019 - Los Angeles Cinefest - Semi-Finalist

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Awards

1st Annual RomCom Screenplay Contest - Finalist - Following Brendan
(2022)
FOLLOWING BRENDAN - Winner of the 1st Annual Stage 32 RomCom Screenplay Contest
(2022)
5th Annual Stage 32 Short Film Contest - Beckoned -semi finalist -
(2020)
Woods Hole 29th Annual Film Festival - Beckoned - Official Selection
(2020)
Toronto Short Film Channel Festival - Official Selection
(2020)

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Credits

The Vortex (2023 - 2025)
Film by Richard Zelniker (Crime and Drama) Director/Writer/Producer In Las Vegas, 1980, a Native Paiute cleaning lady enters an MGM Vegas casino room, setting off a chain of weird and unexplained gambling wins. The peculiar activity turns improbable as the in-house stand-up comic (Billy Gardell), who struggles with a gambling addiction, plays shrink to the host of colorful characters in the casino and is forced to make a life-altering decision.
Gotta Go (2022)
Video by Richard Zelniker (Musical) Director/Writer/Producer Sandra Dar's music video, a country rock song, directed by Richard Zelniker, released on YouTube May 2022
Green Banana (2021)
Film by Richard Zelniker (Comedy) Director, Producer Harry is rushed into the ER with severe injuries sustained after being hit by a truck. In a near comatose state, he vividly imagines a variety of possible reasons for his predicament.
Unspoken (2021)
Film by Richard Zelniker Director, Producer A couple engages a therapist in hopes of salvaging a problematic marriage, but things take an uncertain turn as the session unravels and past secrets emerge.
Beckoned (2020)
Film (Horror) Director, Producer
Candy Apple Red (2019)
Film Director, Writer, Producer
The Look-Book (2017)
TV Series Director, Producer
As Night Comes (2014)
Film Director, Writer, Producer
A Wrong Turn (2009)
Film Director, Writer
17 (2007)
Film Director, Writer
A Perfect Little Man (1999)
Film Producer
Stuart Bliss (1998)
Film Actor
Fix (1997)
Film Director, Writer, Producer
A Test of Will (1994)
Film Director, Writer, Producer
The Littlest Hobo (1981)
TV Series Writer
Pick-up Summer (1980)
Film Writer