Richard Zampella
Richard Zampella | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard C. Zampella March 30, 1966 |
| Occupation | Film Producer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Richard Zampella is an American film and multimedia producer who has collaborated with John Mulholland on three documentary films including Sergeant York of God & Country (Warner Home Video, narrated by Liam Neeson), Inside High Noon (Lions Gate Entertainment, narrated by Frank Langella) and Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen, narrated by Sam Waterston. Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen was reviewed by The New York Times film critic Andy Webster on October 11, 2013, and was named an NY Times Critics' Pick[1] by Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott and Stephen Holden. Webster said the picture was proof that the work of these two men "endures and so does what they stood for".[2]
Zampella produced the 110th anniversary birthday celebration of jazz legend Duke Ellington in conjunction with the Mayor's Office of New York City[3] and the MTA when Mayor Michael Bloomberg designated "Duke Ellington Day"[4] to celebrate the anniversary of the jazz legend's birth.
On September 11, 2015, Zampella received an Editor's Pick from CNN[5] for his report/photo essay on the 14th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack.
Zampella was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, and resides in New York City.
Documentaries[edit]
Richard Zampella began his collaboration with director John Mulholland as his producing partner in 2006 and has served as producer for the following John Mulholland films.
- Inside High Noon: Inside High Noon[6] examines the political and blacklisting controversy — and Cooper's integral role in combating blacklisting — during the filming of the 1952 film classic, High Noon. Frank Langella narrator (among on-camera participants: President Bill Clinton and Albert II, Prince of Monaco).
- Sergeant York: Of God And Country: The documentary examines how the 1941 classic, Sergeant York — and Cooper himself — became embroiled in the isolationist and Congressional turmoil leading up to World War II.[7] Liam Neeson narrator.
Zampella & Mulholland's most recent documentary Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen, narrated by Sam Waterston, Len Cariou as Ernest Hemingway.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Zampella & Mulholland began work in February 2015 on a documentary entitled Elmore Leonard: The Dickens of Detroit [14] on author Elmore Leonard. The documentary film explores how Leonard started, why he wrote what he did and how he arrived at his lean, terse, minimalist trademark.[15]
ICONS Radio Hour[edit]
Zampella served as Producer of a radio podcast show, ICONS Radio Hour, for four years, from 2007 to 2010. He produced interviews with both current Hollywood artists and those with first-hand knowledge of the Classic Hollywood era. Zampella hired author and film historian Meir Z. Ribalow to co-host the podcast with Mulholland.[16]
Idylease[edit]
Richard Zampella is the owner & operator of Idylease Inn, a former resort hotel located in Newfoundland, which is a historically significant example of early 20th century resort architecture in Northwest, New Jersey.
References[edit]
- ^ Webster, Andy (October 11, 2013). "Coop and Papa, Manning Up in Good Times and Bad NY Times Critics Pic". The New York Times.
- ^ "IMDb Critic Review Highlights: NY Times". IMDb.
- ^ Barron, James (April 30, 2009). "Taking Subway Directions, Literally, From a Song of the City: NY Times". The New York Times.
- ^ "Richard Zampella introduces Duke Ellington Day - Named by Michael Bloomberg in the City of New York". YouTube.
- ^ "Richard Zampella iReport Receives Editors Pick from CNN".
- ^ "American Society of Cinematographers review, Inside High Noon".
- ^ Birdwell, Michael (2000). Celluloid Soldiers The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism, NYU Press, NYC, NY. ISBN 9780814798713
- ^ "Mariel Hemingway Introduces John Mulholland & Richard Zampella at the Sedona International Film Festival". YouTube.
- ^ Webster, Andy (October 11, 2013). "NY Times Review". The New York Times.
- ^ "True Gen review, James Van Maanen". October 11, 2013.
- ^ "Photo Gallery: Mulholland/Zampella True Gen On-Camera Participants".
- ^ "Mulholland, Zampella and Patrick Hemingway JFK Library Boston".
- ^ McFarland, Ron (2014). Appropriating Hemingway: Using Him As A Fictional Figure, p 188. McFarland Books, Jefferson, NC. ISBN 978-0-7864-7977-1.
- ^ "John Mulholland & Richard Zampella Filming Elmore Leonard Documentary Interviews in Detroit".
- ^ "Elmore Leonard: The Dickens of Detroit".
- ^ "ICONS Radio Hour". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Richard Zampella at IMDb
- Sergeant York: Of God And Country
- Library Journal Review, True Gen
- True Gen Official Website
- OCLC World Cat Identity
- Richard Zampella at IMDb
- Richard Zampella Introduces Duke Ellington Day - Named by Michael Bloomberg in the City of New York
- Richard Zampella at Transmultimedia