After studying Philosophy & English at King's College, Cambridge, Richard worked at the BBC as a TV sound recordist. This led to a career as a freelance director, and then a move into full time screenwriting. Richard's film writing includes 14 completed commissions for US studios (Universal, Warner Bros, Miramax and Laika) and UK companies such as Working Title and Pathe. In television his writing has been primarily for mainstream audiences, with BBC adaptations of Kidnapped and Sherlock Holmes, episodes of Robin Hood, Primeval (ITV), Sinbad (Sky) and large-scale adaptations of Terry Pratchett's Going Postal and Unseen Academicals (Sky). These shows have earned widespread industry recognition with BAFTA nominations and RTS Awards. He lives in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.