Name:

Atkinson - Hammond

Films:

PLUCK (Courage, Determination, Spirit)

Biography:

RICHARD ATKINSON's Latest Feature documentary "Single"(released Sept 2009)was Co Written/Produced and Directed with Jane Scandurra and became BarnesandNoble.com "Pick of the week" and hit their "best selling documentaries" list. Described by Tiffanie Greene, NY film critic, as "Brilliantly done" and by Juliet Huddy on Fox TV as "a really cool,cool documentary" The Film is available on.Netflix,Blockbuster.com,TCM.com,BarnesandNoble.com,Amazon.com.NewVideo/iTunes, 40 Cable TV VOD Operations and 20 airlines.The film about the dramatic growth of the Single population in the USA and overseas has been written up in numerous publications.It examines the trends and influences behind the demographic shift.The cast consists of..... Experts,Singersong/Writers,Comedians and "Real' people.(A Go Pictures and Films Productions llc Film). Also in 2009 Richard Produced and Directed Two music videos,one solo, one duet, for the launch of the "Wink If You Want it" (TM)clothing brand.(www.winkifyouwantit.com) Also in 2009 Richard directed episodes of "Intersection" a dramatic series for Myriad Arts Productions. Currently Richard has a documentary in production tentatively called "Elza" and is in preproduction on a narrative feature film based on the play "Dogs Lie" by Ronnie Cohen and Jane Beale which should complete end May 2010.Later in 2010 Richard will be working with Bruce Forester the acclaimed thriller author on his epic title "Fatal Betrayal." In 2006(released 2010) Richard Co Directed and Co Produced with Dore Hammond "Pluck" a film about luminaries who contributed to the cultural life of NYC in the 1950's and early sixties. The film appeared in numerous festivals and is available on indieflix,Netflix and other platforms.(An Atkinson Hammond production 1 llc Film). Also in 2006 Richard was credited as Associate Producer for the Myriad Arts Production feature film "Home Coming" another festival winner and expected to be released in 2010. In 2005 Richard Co Directed short "Divine light" with Dore Hammond. An award winning perspective about the legendry New York Arts League teacher who painted in the style of the old masters.(A Dore Hammond Film). Richard's interest in documentary began at the age of 17 as one of the cameramen on an 8000 mile overland expedition to the mountainous borders of Turkey,Iran,Iraq filming the Kurdish way of life.The Expedition was written up in Sunday Telgraph magazine,one of the UK's most read publications. Richard's work has screened at The Berkshire International Festival, Sunday series,NY New Filmmaker Summer series,Carolina Film and Video Festival(Winner),Palm Springs Festival of short Films,Avignon/New York Film Festival,The National Accademy of Television,Arts and Sciences,Tiburon Film Festival, The National Arts Club.Westchester Film Festival, Hampton's Guildhall and Harvard independent film group. His Films have been written up in The National Review online,NY Press,Rogue Cinema,Tineape.com,Lohud Press,Journal News, and Bronxville Review online and More Magazine.They have also featured NBC'S The TODAY show with Kathy Lee and Hoda and on The Fox TV Morning Show,on PBS "Something to talk about" and in Canada on the @ issue show. On radio his films have been discussed on KCEO San Diego, WBCR and WVOX Westchester. Richard's work forms part of the permanent collecion at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University and can be found in the libraries at Northwestern University, St.Mary's University of Minesota,and Indianapolis-Marion County,Niles,Ela Area district,Douglas County,St.Charles district,Rochester district, North Cent Regional district,Darien,and Bronxville to name a few. Richard recieved a BA (Hons)from The University of Leeds,England.Studied Film Production and later Directing for Film at NYU SCPS and Camera and Technology at the International Film and TV workshops,Rockport,Maine. Richard is a former Morgan Stanley Managing Director and has lived with his family in Asia,Europe,and the USA and has travelled extensively in each region. Contact Richard@gopicturesandfilms.com DORE HAMMOND. The New York Times, MORE Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Sun have written about Dore Hammond's work. A former Ford model and a native of Manhattan Hammond has won two Cine Golden Eagle Awards for films that focus on her hometown of New York. Her Cine awards which honor excellence in film production are two of many other awards including: Best Documentary Carolina Film & Video Festival, IFP Audience Award, Best Short Durango Film Festival, Princess Grace Award. Her films have screened at Columbia University Graduate School Film Festival, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, Avignon/New York Film Festival, East Hampton's Guild Hall, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Bedford Historical Hall, The National Arts Club, Tiburon Film Society, Annapolis Film Festival, New York New Filmmakers, Hartford International Film Festival, The Annual Westchester County Film Festival. Her documentary films are known and admired for their stylistic sophistication and focus on the cultural life of her favorite city and include her in-depth personal interviews with such luminaries as William F. Buckley, Jr., Eileen Ford, Dick Hyman, Betty Comden, Frank Mason, Magnum photographer Burt Glinn and many others. PLUCK was a film conceived by Hammond to pay homage to the creative life of the city where she was born. "This was the world I grew up in as a child. It chronicles my parents' life in Manhattan in the 1950's and early 60's. From these impressions I began to develop a documentary about the era. This interest of mine in the time period became the Atkinson-Hammond film, Pluck, a New York centric documentary I wrote, co-directed and co-produced with Atkinson." "I was born and reared in Manhattan with a Ford model mother and an Advertising Executive father. Growing up in the 1950's and early 60's I was enthralled listening to my parents' stories about dancing at black tie parties to The Count Basie Band who was playing on fashion photographer's studio rooftops or Ella Fitzgerald stopping by after a performance. I had always wanted to create a work that paid homage to the creative forces and glamour of the 1950's. The film began with my interviews with people who lived through this time period at center stage and these interviews laid the groundwork for Pluck. My quest to preserve their memories for posterity became the documentary film, Pluck. These New Yorkers and many others have made illustrious contributions to the culture and the arts that are often kno known to a younger generation. I felt that their unique contributions should be archived first hand. Although I personally interviewed all the people in the film I believe that a documentary should focus on the subject matter not the interviewer and, with that in mind, you would not hear my questions. I wanted to bring the documentary viewer into the room without my presence, so I edited out my questions and left only the replies. By editing the film in this manner I hoped it would create a casual style and the illusion you are not watching a film as much as visiting with a friend who is talking about his/her life. I was delighted to develop a rapport with people interviewed, which I believe comes across by their relaxed and conversational manner. Through these relationships with my subjects and their generosity I was granted use of all William F. Buckley's Firing Line TV show footage, many of Burt Glinn's Magnum photographs and Dick Hyman's performance of Danny Boy, all kindly given my gratis. I am honored that this film is now in the permanent collection at The Hoover Institute Archives at Stanford University." Other award-winning film productions of Dore Hammond are Divine Light: A Frank Mason Perspective; George Chaplin: Nature's Transcendent Painter, in the Permanent Collection of Trinity College; 25, 5 & 3 which she produced and which received Columbia University Faculty Honors and Best in Program. She is currently an Associate Producer on the Flavio Alves Film, The Secret Friend, and is producing New York film and television archives for NYWIFT. Dore was a Board Member, Film Festival Programmer and Assistant to the Director to The Westchester County Film Office for 10 years. She continues to be active as an Exhibiting Artist Member of The National Arts Club, New York Women in Film and Television and The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. A graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor of Science, New York University Film Production SCPS Certificate. Media contact dore@dorehammondfilms.com

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