Richard Pierre
Toronto, Canada
Bio
Richard B. Pierre is a multiracial filmmaker who has directed over a dozen shorts that have screened in dozens of festivals worldwide. He received the Naish McHugh Award for Emerging Filmmakers at the 2011 Toronto Urban Film Festival. In 2012 his interactive short film ‘Far From The Heart’ was nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award and he was named a ReelWorld Film Festival 2012 Emerging 20 Filmmaker. He received the 2015 Curtíssima Award for Best Short Under 5 Minutes for his film 'The Toboggan.'