Steve Richards (StevenRRichards.com)
Director
Steve Richards is managing director of TheoEco Institute, a non-profit that documents, assists, and researches those entangled in economic predicaments, like how America’s gun problems are in large part tied to the economic drivers between the NRA and the gun industry. Documentaries are a big part of TheoEco's focus, as are its connections with Nepal, since the 2015 earthquakes there. Richards directs and produces all of TheoEco’s documentaries including The Flourishing Kathmandu Church, A Kathmandu Christmas and Piles of Bricks - Revisited, a sequel to the original Piles of Bricks documenting Nepal’s rebuilding efforts at the five-year anniversary of the 2015 earthquakes. Richards’ video production roots date back to 2000 when he started a video production studio on South Beach. A resident of Miami since 1968 (with a few stints in New England), he has always had an affinity for South Florida.
Director
Steve Richards is managing director of TheoEco Institute, a non-profit that documents, assists, and researches those entangled in economic predicaments, like how America’s gun problems are in large part tied to the economic drivers between the NRA and the gun industry. Documentaries are a big part of TheoEco's focus, as are its connections with Nepal, since the 2015 earthquakes there. Richards directs and produces all of TheoEco’s documentaries including The Flourishing Kathmandu Church, A Kathmandu Christmas and Piles of Bricks - Revisited, a sequel to the original Piles of Bricks documenting Nepal’s rebuilding efforts at the five-year anniversary of the 2015 earthquakes. Richards’ video production roots date back to 2000 when he started a video production studio on South Beach. A resident of Miami since 1968 (with a few stints in New England), he has always had an affinity for South Florida.
Bobbie Richards (BobbieSRichards.com)
Producer, Director of Photography
Bobbie Richards is a co-founder and the youngest director of TheoEco Institute. Traveling to Kathmandu with her father Steve Richards in September 2015, at age 15, she experienced first-hand the realities of documentary filmmaking in the aftermath of Nepal’s earthquakes and rebuilding efforts, and the Indian blockade of Nepal’s southern border--no petrol, no milk, rolling blackouts, and devasted conditions everywhere. A native of Miami Beach, she now resides in Boston, MA where she bittersweetly avoids the humid heat of her beloved hometown. Bobbie has co-produced all of TheoEco’s documentaries and also acts as cameraperson, writer, and co-director of TheoEco’s productions as she did in So Flo Floods, a feature-length documentary about flooding in South Florida—flooding that has happened in the past, is happening now, and will continue to happen in the future. Not unlike So Flo Guns.
Producer, Director of Photography
Bobbie Richards is a co-founder and the youngest director of TheoEco Institute. Traveling to Kathmandu with her father Steve Richards in September 2015, at age 15, she experienced first-hand the realities of documentary filmmaking in the aftermath of Nepal’s earthquakes and rebuilding efforts, and the Indian blockade of Nepal’s southern border--no petrol, no milk, rolling blackouts, and devasted conditions everywhere. A native of Miami Beach, she now resides in Boston, MA where she bittersweetly avoids the humid heat of her beloved hometown. Bobbie has co-produced all of TheoEco’s documentaries and also acts as cameraperson, writer, and co-director of TheoEco’s productions as she did in So Flo Floods, a feature-length documentary about flooding in South Florida—flooding that has happened in the past, is happening now, and will continue to happen in the future. Not unlike So Flo Guns.
Amit Nepali (AmitNepali.com)
Editor, Associate Producer
Amit Nepali, based in Kathmandu, is an indispensable member of the team as one can’t help but notice as the credits roll on any TheoEco documentary. He has served as editor, music composer, guide, translator, associate producer, and more. We met Amit in September 2015 five months after the earthquakes that spring. Amit quickly became our guide, interpreter, and associate producer on our first documentary about the earthquake recovery efforts: Piles of Bricks. In addition to editing TheoEco’s films he has also composed all the music to date, prepares subtitles and translations, and arranges production crews for our Nepal-based films. He scouts, guides, and introduces us to location shoots and interviewees throughout Nepal and increasingly works the camera. He even appears on camera in his guide role and as an occasional interviewee. All of our editing takes place at his Jubal Studio in Lalitpur.
Editor, Associate Producer
Amit Nepali, based in Kathmandu, is an indispensable member of the team as one can’t help but notice as the credits roll on any TheoEco documentary. He has served as editor, music composer, guide, translator, associate producer, and more. We met Amit in September 2015 five months after the earthquakes that spring. Amit quickly became our guide, interpreter, and associate producer on our first documentary about the earthquake recovery efforts: Piles of Bricks. In addition to editing TheoEco’s films he has also composed all the music to date, prepares subtitles and translations, and arranges production crews for our Nepal-based films. He scouts, guides, and introduces us to location shoots and interviewees throughout Nepal and increasingly works the camera. He even appears on camera in his guide role and as an occasional interviewee. All of our editing takes place at his Jubal Studio in Lalitpur.
A.J. Niilo
Musical Contributor - “Gunz” Theme Song Composer
A.J. currently performs with Taylor Dayne and Debbie Gibson, having performed and toured with David Lee Roth, Shakira, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Joss Stone and many others. He writes music for television and currently has music on the cable network Epix on the show "Get Shorty" and on Hulu's "The Handmaid’s Tale." A.J. was classically trained throughout high school receiving the Silver Knight award. He pursued learning the musical craft by playing in the local Miami clubs with the popular band Pangea. Here’s what he had to say about So Flo Guns theme song, Gunz:
“In this song I wanted to express the two sides of the gun issue. Those that feel threatened and want to guard their right to own all guns and those that want responsible gun ownership with strict gun laws to stop the persistent loss of life on a daily basis. The tension of both ideologies come through with a scream. I express the different emotional shades of the American culture of guns today.”
- A.J. Niilo
Musical Contributor - “Gunz” Theme Song Composer
A.J. currently performs with Taylor Dayne and Debbie Gibson, having performed and toured with David Lee Roth, Shakira, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Joss Stone and many others. He writes music for television and currently has music on the cable network Epix on the show "Get Shorty" and on Hulu's "The Handmaid’s Tale." A.J. was classically trained throughout high school receiving the Silver Knight award. He pursued learning the musical craft by playing in the local Miami clubs with the popular band Pangea. Here’s what he had to say about So Flo Guns theme song, Gunz:
“In this song I wanted to express the two sides of the gun issue. Those that feel threatened and want to guard their right to own all guns and those that want responsible gun ownership with strict gun laws to stop the persistent loss of life on a daily basis. The tension of both ideologies come through with a scream. I express the different emotional shades of the American culture of guns today.”
- A.J. Niilo