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Richard W. Welch

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Producer
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Richard W. Welch is known for Black Adam (2022), Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) and Takers (2010).
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    • Known for

    Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, and Noah Centineo in Black Adam (2022)
    Black Adam
    6.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Richard Welch)
    • 2022
    Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Ray Stevenson, and Chris Massoglia in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
    Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
    5.8
    • Production Department
    • 2009
    Matt Dillon, Steve Harris, Hayden Christensen, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez, John Luessenhop, Michael Ealy, Vladimir Tevlovski, Tip 'T.I.' Harris, and Chris Brown in Takers (2010)
    Takers
    6.2
    • Production Department
    • 2010
    Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin in Fright Night (2011)
    Fright Night
    6.4
    • Production Department
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Animals
      • second assistant director
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • The Five Star Weekend (2026)
      The Five Star Weekend
      7.2
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director: nantucket unit
      • 2026
    • Keanu Reeves, Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer, and Aziz Ansari in Good Fortune (2025)
      Good Fortune
      6.4
      • key second assistant director: additional photography
      • 2025
    • Michael C. Hall and Patrick Gibson in Dexter: Original Sin (2024)
      Dexter: Original Sin
      8.1
      TV Series
      • second assistant director (as Rick Welch)
      • 2025
    • Lisa Kudrow, Linda Cardellini, and Poppy Liu in No Good Deed (2024)
      No Good Deed
      6.9
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • second assistant director (as Richard Welch)
      • 2024
    • Lennon Parham, Ophelia Lovibond, Idara Victor, Jake Johnson, Jessica Lowe, and Oscar Montoya in Minx (2022)
      Minx
      7.6
      TV Series
      • second assistant director (as Richard Welch)
      • 2023
    • Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, and Noah Centineo in Black Adam (2022)
      Black Adam
      6.1
      • second assistant director: additional photography (as Richard Welch)
      • 2022
    • All Rise (2019)
      All Rise
      7.1
      TV Series
      • key second assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 2021–2022
    • Cristin Milioti in Made for Love (2021)
      Made for Love
      6.9
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2021–2022
    • Dorian Missick, Paul Wesley, and Michael Raymond-James in Tell Me a Story (2018)
      Tell Me a Story
      7.1
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2019–2020
    • Kristen Bell in Veronica Mars (2004)
      Veronica Mars
      8.3
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller in Patsy & Loretta (2019)
      Patsy & Loretta
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, and Kalee Zanella in Nashville (2012)
      Nashville
      7.7
      TV Series
      • key second assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • second second assistant director ...
      • 2015–2018
    • Lulu Wilson in Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
      Ouija: Origin of Evil
      6.2
      • additional second assistant director (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies in Colony (2016)
      Colony
      7.3
      TV Series
      • addl second assistant director
      • second second assistant director
      • 2016
    • American Horror Story (2011)
      American Horror Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • addl second assistant director
      • 2015

    Production Department

    • Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, and Emanuel Ragsdale in A Thousand Words (2012)
      A Thousand Words
      5.9
      • production assistant
      • 2012
    • Emile Hirsch, Joel Kinnaman, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, and Olivia Thirlby in The Darkest Hour (2011)
      The Darkest Hour
      4.9
      • set production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin in Fright Night (2011)
      Fright Night
      6.4
      • set production assistant
      • 2011
    • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
      Shameless
      8.5
      TV Series
      • set production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Maggie Q in Nikita (2010)
      Nikita
      7.7
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2010
    • Sharni Vinson and Rick Malambri in Step Up 3D (2010)
      Step Up 3D
      6.2
      • set production assistant
      • 2010
    • Matt Dillon, Steve Harris, Hayden Christensen, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez, John Luessenhop, Michael Ealy, Vladimir Tevlovski, Tip 'T.I.' Harris, and Chris Brown in Takers (2010)
      Takers
      6.2
      • key production assistant
      • 2010
    • Madeline Carroll and Callan McAuliffe in Flipped (2010)
      Flipped
      7.6
      • key production assistant
      • key set production assistant
      • 2010
    • Steve Carell and Paul Rudd in Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
      Dinner for Schmucks
      5.9
      • production assistant
      • 2010
    • Marmaduke (2010)
      Marmaduke
      4.4
      • set production assistant: Los Angeles
      • 2010
    • Sean Penn and Naomi Watts in Fair Game (2010)
      Fair Game
      6.8
      • set production assistant: Los Angeles
      • 2010
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Hesher (2010)
      Hesher
      6.9
      • production assistant (as Richard Welch)
      • 2010
    • Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Ray Stevenson, and Chris Massoglia in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
      Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
      5.8
      • set production assistant: re-shoots
      • 2009
    • Rebecca Romijn, Jaime Ray Newman, and Lindsay Price in Eastwick (2009)
      Eastwick
      6.5
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2009
    • Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone in Zombieland (2009)
      Zombieland
      7.5
      • set production assistant: additional photography
      • 2009

    Producer

    • One Minute (2011)
      One Minute
      6.7
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2011

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Richard Welch
    • Height
      • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)

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