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| Popular As | Richard Purves |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Age | 45 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | January 19, 1979 (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK) |
| Birthday | January 19 |
| Town/City | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK |
| Nationality | UK |
Richard Purves’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
Richard Purves was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Born in January 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Richard Purves had a fairly shaky and eventful start into the film world in 1999 when a friend suggested that they write and direct a feature film together despite the fact that neither person had any filmmaking experience at all.
This had stirred long forgotten memories of seeing Disney's Peter Pan and being transfixed with the wonder of cinema as a small child. It turned out that neither Richard or his friend were quite up to the task of making a feature film, so he decided to go to film school and learn how to do things properly.
While at Newcastle College's film department (who's lack of prestige was made up for with the ferocious filmmaking workload for every assignment), Richard made contact with Producer/Director Richard Reay and formed a friendship that lasts to this day.
As a result of this, Richard was able to work as an offline editor in a professional film crew for the first time while still attending film school. The resulting film "Making Tea for the Mob" was produced by FNA Films and still has a lot of the basic shape that Richard was able to imprint on it.
From there Richard was proud to be part of various short films in varying crew positions, made in the North East of England. These included Richard Reay's "Roulette", Kristi Juliussen's "Sherbet" and others.
The time eventually came when Richard felt ready to co-write and direct "Mayfly". This required three years of working in various contract I.T. positions to acquire the budget as various UK funding bodies were not interested in a first time director.
The film has gone on to have it's World Premiere at the Burbank International Film Festival as well as win a Gold Award at the 2009 Houston WorldFest.Time will tell where the career of this promising new Director will lead!
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