Richard Handley

Richard Handley is an award-winning writer/producer/actor. He's grateful to have balanced careers in entertainment, medicine, and executive leadership. He thrives as a life-long learner, holding advanced degrees in medicine, public health, business, film production, and operational leadership from a number of universities, including the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Harvard Medical School. His medical career started when he served as a Lieutenant in the US Navy, but Rich's life-long passion for filmmaking could not be ignored which led him to earn an MFA in Film from Mount St. Mary's University (where he is also an Adjunct Professor) and a Graduate Certificate in Producing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, during which time he served as a development intern for producer, Kevin Misher. In 2022, he completed the Harvard Media and Medicine Program, studying under TV producer and physician, Neal Baer. Rich writes stories that fuse his years of medical experience with compelling characters and themes of redemption and recovery. Rich finds inspiration in doctors turned creators George Miller, Ken Jeong, and Neal Baer.