Richard Lacy has a wide range of experience in many phases of production spanning over a quarter century. Starting as a freelance script writer, his love for production took him behind the camera where he specialized in film lighting & camera movement resulting in over 20 years experience on feature films & commercials. In 2004 he founded and directed the Houston Halloween Film Festival to encourage collaboration between independent filmmakers and established industry professionals.  Recently he DPd the documentary SuperNature:  Esalen and The Human Potential shot in Big Sur, CA. 

As a filmmaker he has worked all over the world - from Rio to Russia & has lensed projects featuring everyone from ZZ Top to Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory.  He loves creative collaboration with clients & producers & continues to write, shoot, edit and direct. He has won numerous awards including an Emmy for the SNAP organization, a Platinum Worldfest Award, and the Barbara Jordan Media Award for his documentary We Belong: A Case for Inclusion about special needs children being included in regular classrooms. Currently he is working as a freelance Director of Photography, Editor, Writer & Lighting Specialist. 

In addition to filmmaking, he loves physics, mountain biking, meditation and the space program, and has frequent disagreements with the nature of gravity. His best productions to date are his children Hannah, Nate & Zach.