Richard Switzer
Richard Switzer is an American film producer. He was profiled on Entertainment Tonight at the age of 18 for being the youngest producer in history.Career
Switzer produced 3 feature films within 18 months of graduating high school, including the Lifetime Television film A Fatal Obsession, Buddy Hutchins starring Jamie Kennedy and Sally Kirkland, and After School Special, featuring Nick Swardson. He produced and/or executive produced a variety of action and family films including Altitude with Denise Richards and Dolph Lundgren, Isolation with Dominic Purcell and Arlo: The Burping Pig with Drake Bell and Joey Lawrence.
Switzer was an Executive Producer on Tragedy Girls, a comedy-horror film starring Alexandra Shipp, Brianna Hildebrand, Josh Hutcherson, Craig Robinson, and Kevin Durand. The film premiered at South by Southwest and was released by Gunpowder & Sky. He produced Black Water, an action-thriller film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, released by Saban Films in North America, and premiering on 3,000 screens in China, grossing $8 million theatrically. In 2020, he produced Money Plane starring Edge, Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane and Denise Richards.
Filmography
- A Fatal Obsession – Producer
- Buddy Hutchins – Producer, Joel Hutchins
- School's Out – Producer, Danny Kent
- The Assault – Producer
- Isolation – Executive Producer
- My First Miracle – Co-Executive Producer
- Emma's Chance – Executive Producer
- Jack Goes Home – Co-Executive Producer
- Arlo: The Burping Pig – Producer
- Altitude – Producer
- Christmas All Over Again – Producer
- Tragedy Girls – Executive Producer
- Black Water - Producer
- A Dangerous Date – Producer
- A Mother's Worst Fear – Producer
- Love on Repeat – Producer
- In Bed With a Killer – Producer
- Erasing His Dark Past – Producer
- The Office Mix-Up – Producer
- Agent Toby Barks – Producer
- Final Kill – Executive Producer
- Top of the Class – Producer
- Money Plane – Producer
