Producer/Co-Writer/Actor Hoyt Richards became one of the biggest names in modeling in the 1990s. Many in the industry view him as being the first male Supermodel. His face launched hundreds of advertising campaigns and he was photographed by Bruce Weber,Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Steven Meisel, Horst and Albert Watson to name but a few. He was sought by numerous designers to front their menswear campaigns including Gianni Versace, Valentino, Gianfranco Ferrè, Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Dunhill, Cartier, and Donna Karan. In the late 90s, Richards moved from New York to Los Angeles to begin pursuing a career as an actor. He first appeared in the Harrison Ford/Anne Heche romantic comedy, Six Days Seven Nights (1998). Since then, he has since appeared in over fifteen films including such award winning independent projects as the comedy, Hit and Runway (1999) , the drama, Taxi Dance (2009) and period piece, The Disciple (2010). In 2005, Richards began screenwriting. He now has his own production company that develops and produces television and film projects. For one of his projects, Hoyt has partnered up with Mark Ordesky (producer of the of Lord of the Rings franchise) of Amber Entertainment. In spring of 2010, Richards co-produced his first film, Heaven's Rain. This summer Hoyt will be starring in Dumbbells, a feature film he co-wrote and will produce with his own production company, Tortoise Entertainment in association with Barry Katz of New Wave Entertainment. The project films in LA in July. In Invisible Prisons, Hoyt will play the role of Dr. Allan Stanwych. | Director/ Co-Writer Cpl. Lawrence W. Nelson II served in the United States Marine Corps before leaving active duty on May 31st, 2007. On his return home, Lawrence decided to follow his long time dream and passion – screenwriting and directing. He enrolled into the Los Angeles Film School. In the program, Lawrence directed numerous short films culminating with his final thesis project – the award winning short film, Far From Anywhere. The heart wrenching drama was based on his experiences after coming home from the Marines and centering on his relationship with his abusive father. After graduating film school, Lawrence, an avid and prolific writer continued to work on several scripts. Then in July 2008, Lawrence began to write a love story inspired once again by events that happened in his own life. Lawrence had met actor/writer/producer Hoyt Richards, when he cast Hoyt to play his father in his acclaimed short, Far From Anywhere. After the shoot, the two spoke about wanting to work together again. Soon afterwards, Lawrence approached Hoyt with the love story project that he was developing. Hoyt loved the idea and through their collaboration, Invisible Prisons was born. This project will mark Lawrence’s feature film directorial debut. |
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