Richard Levien has been writing, directing and editing films for 8 years. Levien’s short film Immersion, about a ten-year-old boy from Mexico who struggles to fit in at his new school in the U.S., premiered at Slamdance in 2009. Immersion won the “No Violence” award at the Ann Arbor film festival, and Best Bay Area Short Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The film received a Resolution of the California Legislature, and is being used by more than 50 school districts and universities around the U.S. Levien’s current feature project “La Migra” won SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants in 2009 (for screenwriting) and 2013 (for development). Levien’s editing credits include D Tour (Best Bay Area Documentary Feature, 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival, PBS Independent Lens) and the ITVS film “A Fragile Trust” (2013) about the worst plagiarist in the history of the New York Times. Levien is from New Zealand. He has a PhD in theoretical physics from Princeton University. He attended the Community of Writers in 2013.
Photo by Lennette Newell