Richard Bell is a

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film director and screenwriter. He is most noted as the writer and director of the films '' Eighteen'' and '' Brotherhood''. A survival / adventure drama, based on a true story, ''Brotherhood'' stars Brendan Fehr, Brendan Fletcher, Jake Manley, Gage Munroe,

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, Matthew Isen and Sam Ashe Arnold. It was filmed on the Michipicoten First Nation and at Revival Film Studios in Toronto, Canada. '' Brotherhood'' won the

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for Achievement in Visual Effects. ''Eighteen'' stars Brendan Fletcher, Carly Pope, Mark Hildreth, Thea Gill, and Alan Cumming. The film was narrated by

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, with music composed by Bramwell Tovey and performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. ''Eighteen'' was released on DVD on June 27, 2006. It made its Canadian broadcast television premiere on

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on March 1, 2008 and became available on iTunes in 2010. Bell co-executive produced the coming-of-age dramedy ''Anthem of a Teenage Prophet'' starring Cameron Monaghan and

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. Bell got his start in the film industry writing and directing the micro-budgeted, 60 minute drama ''Two Brothers''. He is a graduate of Studio 58, the professional theatre training program at Langara College.

Awards

In 2020, Bell was nominated for a

for co-writing the original song "I've Got A Big One" with composer Bramwell Tovey for '' Brotherhood''. He was previously nominated with Tovey in 2007 for a Genie Award for co-writing the song "In a Heartbeat" for his film ''Eighteen''. Vancouver newspaper ''Xtra West'' awarded him Visual Artist of the Year for the same film at their annual Hero Awards that year.

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