Deborah Richards is a next-gen writer/director and part of a bold new wave of Hollywood filmmakers who emerged from the ashes of the 2020 shutdown, launching her feature film career in the wake of the pandemic.

Originally from England and now based in Las Vegas, Richards burst onto the scene in 2015 while still in film school, winning four Southwest Production Emmys® for her sci-fi short Boy Meets Girl. Since then, she’s directed over a dozen shorts and more than a hundred TV spots and branded web campaigns.

In 2022, she was named Nevada Woman Filmmaker of the Year by the prestigious Nevada Women’s Film Festival. Her debut feature, Move Me No Mountain, premiered on Amazon Prime and Tubi in 2023, followed by her sophomore film, Shaken & Stirred, which is currently on the festival circuit.

Richards is the founder of her own production company and a co-founder of 1905 Films, a boutique studio dedicated to developing and producing distinctive, director-driven feature films.

A true multi-hyphenate, when she’s not directing her own projects, Richards freelances as a writer, director, editor, colorist, VFX artist, educator, and speaker. She's also a former world champion flair bartender, an advocate for the arts, and a proud dog mom.

She is currently in development on her third feature, Scissor Mouth — a gothic horror fairy tale set in 1980s Texas that explores beauty, identity, and revenge through a blood-soaked lens.