John Richards

Film & TV Editor

John Richards Films

The Portrait

The Portrait

The Portrait is a 2014 Bafta award wining short film produced with funding from the BFI Shorts 2012. A one year scheme to support emerging UK filmmakers. The film examines a complex dilemma within three generations of one family. At the centre is Laura Burrell, played...

Room to Rent

Room to Rent

Room To Rent is a bittersweet comedy about Ali, a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London where he's been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the colours, the music, and the individualism. But Britain isn't an easy place for a...

One of the Hollywood Ten

One of the Hollywood Ten

One of the Hollywood Ten (2000) is a Spanish and British bio-picture. The film was written and directed by Karl Francis. The drama focuses on screenwriter/director Herbert Biberman and his efforts to make, what would become the historic political film, Salt of the...

Virtual Sexuality

Virtual Sexuality

Virtual Sexuality is a 1999 film about a young woman who designs the perfect man at a virtual reality convention, but then an accident occurs causing the man to be brought to life. 17-year-old Justine (Laura Fraser) bemoans being a virgin so, after being stood-up on a...

Daddy’s Girl / Cravings

Daddy’s Girl / Cravings

The film details the adoption of an eight-year-old girl named Jody (Gabrielle Boni) by a loving couple, Don (William Katt) and Barbara Mitchell (Michele Greene). Jody develops an obsession with her father and paranoia and jealousy about others spending time with him....

The Miracle Maker

The Miracle Maker

The Miracle Maker is a stop motion-animated film about the life of Jesus Christ through the eyes of a young girl, Tamar, the daughter of the Biblical Jairus who is raised from death by Jesus (the daughter of Jairus is not named in the New Testament.) Some clips of the...