Interview with Daniel Richardson, CEO of TPS Productions

Daniel Richardson, CEO of TPS Productions Interview

Daniel Richardson

1. Thank you so much for joining me! For those who don’t know you, could you please introduce yourself?

Hello! My name is Daniel Richardson. I'm an underground filmmaker from Bedford, Indiana. And I'm the CEO of TPS Productions.

2. Congratulations on your short film “The Death of an Aristocratic Family!” Could you please tell us a bit about this film, without giving away spoilers?

Thank you! And, sure. "The Death of an Aristocratic Family" is about this detective who visits a particularly gruesome crime scene that just shakes him to his core. He starts questioning, not only if he still wants to be a cop, but if he even wants to live in a world where something so heinous could happen.

3. How long did it take, from conception to final edits, to produce this short?

Ha-ha, we're getting really good at producing shorts. It took us less than three weeks. This was initially supposed to be a part of the Monthly Movie Challenge. I saw their post and decided to give it a shot. We were currently waiting to resume production on our next feature-length film, so I thought this would be something fun to do while we were down.

4. Who is your dream director to collaborate with?

Well, in a dream scenario, it would have to be Queintin Tarantino. Like he would definitely be slumming it working with me, ha-ha, but that would be awesome. Maybe if he ever did another "Grindhouse" film, I could contribute one of the fake trailers.

5. What is your favorite horror movie?

The original "Halloween". It just doesn't get any better than that.

6. What tips can you give aspiring filmmakers?

My advice is to just do it. Don't wait for the perfect conditions. There's always a million reasons not to film and it's easy to get sidelined with those reasons. You want to make a movie? Go make your movie!

7. What’s next for you? Any projects you can talk about?

On the directing side of things, I have an anthology horror film entitled "The Copperville Chronicles", which will serve as a follow-up to our first film, "Unspeakable Acts". And then as a producer I will be working closely with Josh Chaney and Angel Lopez as they are each working on their own shorts.

8. Where can readers find you?

Facebook and Instagram are both under TPSProductions666. On Twitter: @TPSProductions7. And finally on YouTube at youtube.com/c/TPSProductions. This has been great! Thank you so much!

Check out the trailer for The Death of an Aristocratic Family below!