Richard began his career as a playwright in Chicago before making the move to Los Angeles to work in development on the NBC series HANNIBAL and the Netflix feature WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY. In 2020, he earned his Master's in TV Fiction Writing while developing the crime drama ANNIKA for UKTV with Scotland's Black Camel Pictures.

In 2023, Richard's TV thriller HIDDEN MURDER ISLAND was produced by Sunshine Pictures and sold to Channel 5 in the UK, Lifetime in the US, and TF1 in France. He is currently in pre-production on a rom com with Heehaw in Edinburgh, set to film in the summer of 2023.

Richard continues to live and work in Scotland, where he also lectures on TV writing and volunteers with a local dog rescue.