Richard Carroll is a London based writer/director currently developing long-form drama and documentary projects. His work has spanned fictional narrative and documentary in short and long form as well as advertising, branded content and film commissions from the art world. Documentary “7th&Hill” was awarded by Oliver Stone and Joel Douglas at the Palm Springs American Documentary Film Festival. Short films include commissions for Al Gore’s Live Earth initiative, from Johnny Depp, from British contemporary artist Ryan Gander and architects Studio RHE. He directed and co-produced the original episodic short form series The Ghosts of Los Angeles with writer Godfrey Hamilton and actor/producer Mark Pinkosh of the Starving Artists Theatre Company. The series starred Denis O’Hare, Holly Woodlawn, Mark Pinkosh and Ned Van Zandt, amongst others. Other work has been broadcast on the BBC and The Sundance Channel and been screened at festivals including Short Shorts Tokyo, at Sundance, Clermont Ferrand, San Francisco and Tribeca. Commercial work has included large-scale projects for Fox Sports, BBC, The Egyptian government, GSK, Rolls Royce (centenary film), The Refugee Council, Glenfiddich, Emirates, Cancer Research, British Airways (London Olympics), Sony PlayStation, Nissan and Audi (LeMans 24 Hours).