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Richard Bever

Richard Bever is a Los Angeles-based producer and co-president of the production company Chill Films. Bever is the former Head of Development and Production at Andrew Lauren Productions, which produced the Oscar-nominated film THE SQUID AND THE WHALE during his tenure. Richard is a Co-Executive Producer on the Sundance 2009 film, AGAINST THE CURRENT by Peter Callahan.

He and his Chill Films partners are developing the film adaptation of Pagan Kennedy's novel, CONFESSIONS OF A MEMORY EATER, with director Brad Anderson (THE MACHINIST; TRANSSIBERIAN), writer Bragi Schutt and producer Tripp Vinson of Contrafilm. Richard and Chill Films are also packaging: the horror project BLOOD LETTER written by Michael Bucklin/Drew Gabreski and to be directed by David A. Armstrong (SAW I-VI) and produced alongside Diana Williams of Exit5 Entertainment; KING OF PRUSSIA by wr/dir Dan Schechter; and the 2007 AFF Screenplay Competition Award Winner SLUGGER written by Jimmy Miller. Richard is currently in post-production on the feature AUDREY written by Sybil Temtchine/Dean Pollack and directed by Dean Pollack.