RICK PAMPLIN
Screenwriter and motion picture director Rick Pamplin spent the early years of his career as an award-winning print and broadcast journalist (CBS News) in Michigan before heading to Hollywood. He spent 18 years in Los Angeles, writing and selling movies to Warner Bros., Walt Disney Pictures and Universal Studios, writing and directing on the syndicated TV series GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (1986) and writing and directing his first feature film Provoked (1989).

Pamplin left to begin an independent production company at Universal Studios Florida where he developed, wrote and directed a series of award-winning projects including Michael Winslow Live (1999), Hoover (2000) starring Academy Award-winner Ernest Borgnine, Magic 4 Morons (2000) also starring Winslow and A Dog's Life: The Oscar Lose Story (2008).

The original screenplay for "Hoover" is included in the permanent collection of the Motion Picture Academy library in Los Angeles. Pamplin has been nominated on "Best Director" ballots by the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, among other recognition, awards and achievements.

Films and television shows written and/or directed by Rick Pamplin are currently in distribution worldwide and have been seen theatrically, on premium cable and commercial television, on multiple streaming and on-demand sites, on DVDs, digital downloads and other formats, generating millions and millions of dollars of revenue.

Pamplin created, wrote and directed his latest feature-length documentary Movie Money CONFIDENTIAL (2022) featuring Burt Reynolds and Salma Hayek, inspired by the Louise Levison book "Filmmakers & Financing." Worldwide distribution rights were acquired by Kaczmarek Digital Media Group (KDMG) for a March 2022 release.

Currently Pamplin is writing and directing a new documentary feature film for distributor KDMG for release in 2022. After that, he will also write and direct four new independent feature films, a comedy, a documentary and two dramas, slated for production in 2022-25.

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