Team
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 and ecological predicaments, including human-made environmental impacts. In this light, human made ecological catastrophes from war - and their economic impacts - are very much what Ukraine is currently suffering from, with long lasting repercussions. 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 So Flo Floods about flooding in South Florida—past, present, and future 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 is also directing So Flo Guns, another film currently in production tracing the 500+ history of guns in South Florida. Born in Camden, NJ, he was raised in Miami. A proud Hurricane he moved to Boston upon graduating from the "U" in 1983 and has spent equal time between New England and Miami including three years at Yale beginning in 2013 where he studied Theology and Economics.
Director
Steve Richards is managing director of TheoEco Institute, a non-profit that documents, assists, and researches those entangled in economic and ecological predicaments, including human-made environmental impacts. In this light, human made ecological catastrophes from war - and their economic impacts - are very much what Ukraine is currently suffering from, with long lasting repercussions. 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 So Flo Floods about flooding in South Florida—past, present, and future 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 is also directing So Flo Guns, another film currently in production tracing the 500+ history of guns in South Florida. Born in Camden, NJ, he was raised in Miami. A proud Hurricane he moved to Boston upon graduating from the "U" in 1983 and has spent equal time between New England and Miami including three years at Yale beginning in 2013 where he studied Theology and Economics.
Bobbie Richards
Producer
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—past, present, and future.
Producer
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—past, present, and future.
Amit Nepali
Editor
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 Grace Note studio in Kathmandu. For more click here.
Editor
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 Grace Note studio in Kathmandu. For more click here.
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.
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.