
Richard Levien has been writing, directing, and editing award-winning films for 12 years. Levien's short,
Immersion (2009), about a 10-year-old boy from Mexico who struggles to fit in at his new school in the US, premiered at Slamdance and won Best Bay Area Short at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The film received a Resolution of the California Legislature, and is used by more than 50 school districts and universities to support education about English Language learners.
Collisions, his debut feature film as a writer-director, received SFFILM / Kenneth Rainin awards for development, production, and post-production.