Biografia
Scott Richardson is a producer on acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Willmott's upcoming independent feature Bunker Hill, which stars James McDaniel (NYPD Blue), Saeed Jaffrey (Gandhi), Laura Kirk, Kevin Geer, Blake Robbins, Scott Allegrucci, and singer/songwriter Kelley Hunt. He is also producing The Only Good Indian, another upcoming Willmott feature starring Wes Studi (Avatar, The Only Good Indian).
In television, Richardson produced three History Channel specials from 2001 to 2005: High-Tech Lincoln, focusing on the new Lincoln Presidential Library; The Mystery of Jesse James, the pilot for Bill Kurtis' Investigating History series; and Inside The Presidency: Eisenhower Vs. Nixon, narrated by Roger Mudd.
On stage, he produced the premiere of Now Let Me Fly, a play by Marcia Cebulska marking the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Directed by Willmott, it featured actors James McDaniel, Roger Aaron Brown (The District), Yolanda King, and musical performances by Queen Bey and Kelley Hunt.
Since 1995, Richardson has written and consulted for numerous companies and organizations, including A&E Network, Lifetime Television, Court TV, AMC, We TV, IFC, Southwestern Bell/SBC, Media Link, and The Eisenhower Presidential Center. He frequently collaborates with environmental artist Stan Herd, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine.
Between 1990 and 1995, Richardson worked at A&E Television Networks, ultimately serving as Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications. From 1988 to 1990, he was with ABC News in New York, initially on the staff of World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and later as Manager of News Information.
From 1979 to 1988, Richardson worked in Washington, DC, spending six years as a press aide to Senator Bob Dole, followed by work as a media consultant.
In the fall semester of 2006, Richardson was a Fellow at The University of Kansas' Dole Institute of Politics. He previously served on the boards of the Cable Television Public Affairs Association and The National Cooperative Business Foundation. A graduate of The University of Kansas, he resides in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife Leah and their two children.
