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About Richard Trombly

Journalist, director, producer, and screenwriter from Shanghai, China Richard Trombly is a storyteller with 25+ years of experience. He is an author, screenwriter and film maker. After attaining a B.A. From the University of Massachusetts with a degree in literature with concentrations in film and theater, he pursued a career in journalism. As a reporter for publications including major news outlets as well as national level magazines, he learned to interpret people's stories. He further developed his craft as a news editor to make the telling more factual, concise and powerful as well as assuring that there are enough details and depth to create a full and compelling story. In 2003, he moved to Shanghai, China to explore and report first-hand on the amazing developments transforming Asia. Trombly started working in the entertainment industry in 2005. He started with community-based film productions as well as co-founding Shanghai's East West Theatre. Since that time, he has produced several stage productions and has been involved in more than 30 short films and several feature films of various budget levels. He was the associate producer of two feature films and produced The Ghosts of Old Shanghai. Trombly wrote several screenplays and has been an editor, script doctor or ghost writer on several feature films. Trombly co-founded Obscure Productions films to assist in international co-productions and support the local film community as well as to produce and direct his own screenplays. He has directed several short films, two of which have been selected in international film festivals and his current animation/live action project ANALYSIS is in post-production at Crashdown Studios. http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardtrombly

In a Shanghai State of Mind

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Richard Trombly By Richard Trombly I am in Shanghai right now working on location scouting and other preliminary issues of film preparation on my upcoming short film production. Please visit http://www.indiegogo.com/Analysis to learn more abut it and to get involved. It is important to get the team together and make the preparations as a solid foundation for the production. […] http://dlvr.it/1XKb9h www.obscure-productions.com richard@trombly.com

Downsteam Garage Knows “What the Butler Saw”

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Richard Trombly In any place, the arts community is limited – even in a place the size of China. So whenever you help out a fellow artist, it seems you are helping out alot of your own friends and in the end yourself. So let me help out my friends at TBC productions and the great actors […] http://dlvr.it/1WLVSJ www.obscure-productions.com richard@trombly.com

HK student contest addresses micro-film trend

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Richard Trombly By Richard Trombly “Wei films” or micro films are all the rage in China these days. In the rest of the world , short film contests are common and we might not see anything new in this trend. But in China, the film and media industry has been tightly controlled by the government STATE ADMINISTRATION […] http://dlvr.it/1VPnL7 www.obscure-productions.com richard@trombly.com

China’s video rivals to start joint buying

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Richard Trombly China’s video rivals to start joint buying By Patrick Frater originally published in Film Business Asia Thu, 26 April 2012 Ancillary News Three of China’s online video rivals are to form an alliance that is intended to cut the costs of acquiring content for their platforms. According to an email from the three companies, Tencent […] http://dlvr.it/1TzNB8 www.obscure-productions.com richard@trombly.com

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Richard Trombly is an American Journalist – turned film maker living in China since 2003. He has made several short films and worked on or produced feature films. http://www.imdb.me/richardtrombly  His company is Obscure Productions http://www.obscure-productions.com/ which is currently making the short film Analysis. … Continue reading →