Regina Richardson

Educational background:

Screenwriting workshops with: Robert McKee, Gordy Hoffman, Michael Hauge, Viki King, etc. Creative writing classes: University of Colorado at Boulder. Lighthouse Writers, Denver. Queens University of Charlotte, NC. Graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, NYC, NY. Classes in acting, voice, dance, etc. Graduate of John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA -- BA in Behavioral Sciences (an eclectic mix of history, psych, art, theater, religion); Masters classes in Psychology

Brief bio:

I was a military brat growing up; we moved every couple years throughout America and lived for a few years in Japan. I've held various business positions, but my passion has always been reading (particularly memoirs, biographies, histories), watching/analyzing great films, and writing (screenplays, short scripts, a novella, a musical theater piece, and several dramatic monologues for charity fundraisers). I have a brilliant (quantum-physicist) son, a beautiful and smart daughter-in-law, and two gorgeous little grandsons.

Website: I do not currently have a website, but have one in the planning stages (Skye Croft Productions)

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Award Category
Screenplay Award 2022
Screenplay Award Category
Film Script
When an arrogant CEO falls hopelessly in love with his slacker brother’s girl and loses his fortune to a rogue trader, he takes a suicide walk in Space—only to have it interrupted by a cosmic Surfer Dude who makes him face his life, his brother, and the woman he loves.
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RRRichardson Mon, 06/06/2022 - 04:45

A WALK IN THE STARS

I’ve always loved “It’s a Wonderful Life”—with George Bailey as a man torn between ambition and family; and Clarence as the goofy “would-be” Angel, out to help George realize just what is most important to him.

So, when I was thinking about writing a new script, I thought of creating my own oddball Spirit Guides. The first to appear was a Bill-Murray type: a 1970s surfer dude with tube socks in sandals and ample belly hanging over surf shorts. The other, a Lucille-Ball type as the Dude’s Apprentice—a British girl, with great enthusiasm but little talent for everything she tries—from break dancing to surfing to rodeo riding.

So, then I needed the main character these two goofy Guides were to help or—as the case may be—hinder . . . and I came up with two brothers: Both in their early 40s—polar opposites and badly estranged—yet deeply in need of each other.

Brady is a failed Rock Star, once on top of the world, whose hard partying has left him with a mountain of debt, an ex-groupie girlfriend, and a 5-year-old daughter he adores.

His brother Tony is the CEO of an international corporation that he built from the ground up, with never a false step on his path to fame and fortune.

When the story opens, it would appear that Tony the CEO has everything and Brady the ex-Rocker almost nothing.

But in fact, Brady knows how to love, even if he takes on a variety of dangerous adventures to pay his bills. While Tony’s heart is closed tight, and his self-satisfied arrogance a pain in the butt to anyone who might try to love him.

When Brady’s experimental plane is lost in the Andes . . . and Tony’s fortune is lost to a rogue trader and his heart to his brother’s ex-groupie girl friend . . . the Spirit Guides have their work cut out for them . . .

With the Dude’s Apprentice having a secret agenda . . . all her own . .