Richie Harrington grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Miami. He was studying to become a doctor when he had a quarter life crisis and decided to pursue his true passion of writing and directing film. After moving to Los Angeles, Richie started as an assistant for Michael Bay during post production of Transformers 5 and preproduction of 6 Underground. After that, he served as David O. Russell's creative executive on David's latest feature film, Amsterdam.
Currently Richie writes and directs for Spy Ninjas, the longest-running scripted series in YouTube history with over 15 billion views and 40 million subscribers. Prior to this he produced videos for the YouTube channel, TalesVision, which specializes in scripted VFX-driven fantasy content and has amassed over 165 million views and 500 thousand subscribers.
Richie has directed and produced commercials and branded content for clients such as Disney, Meta, Sutter Home Wine, and many more. His scripts have placed in the ScreenCraft Film Fund, Final Draft Big Break, Outstanding Screenplays, Launch Pad, Austin Film Festival, and the Filmmatic Horror Awards. His short films have screened at Tacoma Film Festival, Queens World Film Festival, New York Psychedelic Film Festival, LA Neo Noir Film Festival, and LA Webfest.
His inspirations include: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky, David Lynch, David O. Russell, John Carpenter, Edgar Wright, Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrick, Sophia Coppola, David Cronenberg, and many others.