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 is a Doctor of Medicine by training and thrives as a life-long learner, holding advanced degrees in medicine, public health, business, 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. Rich writes stories that fuse his years of medical experience with compelling characters and themes of redemption and recovery. Rich finds inspiration in d