Ricardo Scipio(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Mr. Scipio was born in Trinidad and Tobago, and grew up in Toronto,
Canada. First attending the University of Waterloo, where he studied
Visual Communication and Architecture (Urban Design), and then going on
to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where he was a studio
major, studying Computer Imagemaking and Multimedia. Ricardo Scipio
became an international fashion photographer in 1987, working in
Toronto, Montreal, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, L.A., Chicago, Phoenix, Hong
Kong and China. Mr. Scipio retired from photography in 1995 to pursue
his filmmaking career full time. In two years, Ricardo wrote three
scripts, secured private investors for his first feature film
"When (1999)". In 1997, he wrote, directed and co-produced his first
feature film "When". "When" was in competition at The Sao Paulo
International Film festival in 1998 and premiered in America at the
Urbanworld Film Festival in 1999. Mr. Scipio is also producing a book
of photographic nudes of New York actresses as a sister project to
"When". In 1998, he wrote, directed and produced "Watershed (1999)" a
dysfunctional generation-x love story. The film was one of the first if
not the first indie feature to be shot in digital high-definition and
will be the first American film to incorporate digital imaging and
high-definition in all stages of the project. "Watershed" completed
shooting on November 30, 1998. Ricardo Scipio is also the writer and
director and co-producer of "Hot House Flowers".