Alycia Kaback is proud to say VIP Industry Expert Richard Stratton, who spoke at the last VIP Talent Connect Summit on September 17th will be directing one of the biggest films of the year!

Richard began his career in the film industry as a writer and line producer on the TV documentary, Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson, directed by Barbara Kopple. His other documentary film credits include Prisoners of the War on Drugs,The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row, Thug Life in D.C., which won an Emmy in 1999, and Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder, all produced for the America Undercover series on HBO. Crude, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009.O.G: Joe Stassi, Original Gangster, is currently in production.  Stratton served as technical consultant on the first season of HBO’s dramatic prison TV series, Oz. He was the creator and executive producer of the dramatic TV series Street Time, which aired on Showtime; he wrote and directed The Whole Truth, the Season Two finale of Street Time.  Stratton’s feature film work includes writing and producing the 1998 film, Slam, which won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance and the Camerad’Or at Cannes, as well as numerous other awards. Whiteboyz, which Stratton also co-wrote and produced for Fox Searchlight, was released in 1999. He recently completed an adaptation of Edward Bunker’s novel, Dog Eat Dog, which he is directing. Stratton also wrote The Brand, for Sean Penn to star in and direct.  Stratton is the former Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the world renowned High Times magazine, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2004. His novel, Smack Goddess, written while Stratton was in prison, was published in 1990.  Stratton’s fiction and journalism have appeared in numerous magazines including GQ, Esquire, Details, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Spin, Penthouse, Playboy and Story Magazine. Nation Books published his latest book, Altered States of America, in October, 2005. He lives in New York City.

Former Sony music big Tommy Mottola has a documentary in the works. The film about the Casablanca Records honcho is nearing completion, according to sources, and is being shot by director Richard Stratton, who’s also co-authoring Mottola’s upcoming tell-all, “The Last Starmaker.” Sources said that the doc, which is backed in part by VH1, will include concert footage and appearances by Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Clive Davis and Randy Jackson, among others. “The doc is of Tommy’s life, but also documents the history of music, from Elvis to the iPod,” said a source.

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Everyone at VIP and KMM Talent can’t wait see it!