Richard Rossi

Multi-medium artist Richard Rossi was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After working in his hometown as a guitar-playing minister, he journeyed from scripture to script, migrating west on a three-thousand mile cross-country journey to Hollywood to pursue his interest in writing, acting and filmmaking. FILM: Richard is an Academy Award-considered filmmaker. His feature dramatic film "Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story" was voted one of the greatest guerrilla films of all-time and was nominated for best film in Milan. Richard's second dramatic feature film "Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories," tells the story of his childhood hero, Pittsburgh Pirate right fielder Roberto Clemente. His third film "Canaan Land" was released in 2021 and is based on his novel of the same title. It made the finalized list of films eligible for Oscar consideration for Best Picture. "Lucy and the Lake Monster," his fourth feature dramatic film, is based on his third novel (of the same title), co-written with Kelly Tabor. BOOKS: Rossi recently gave a radio interview about his popular books. "I wrote my first novel 'Stick Man: The Long-Awaited Coming-of-Age Novel' for my own catharsis and healing after my Dad died," Rossi said. "I hope it brings some healing for others who have experienced loss or pain in life and love. My second book, 'Create Your Life,' came about organically without any intention of writing it. Creative people have contacted me over the years asking for advice and encouragement. I answered their questions in emails and blogs. I had an "Aha!" moment when I realized I had a couple hundred pages of material answering these questions artists asked me. I wrote a little more on the subject and organized it into the book 'Create Your Life.' "Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story'" is my third book, and contains my thoughts on the famous female faith-healing evangelist who was the subject of two of my movies. The book contains my screenplay from my feature dramatic film on her life. "Canaan Land" is my second novel and the film based on it is my third feature dramatic film I wrote and directed." Richard's third novel, 'Lucy and the Lake Monster,' is co-written with retired school teacher Kelly Tabor, and is destined to become a children's classic, according to the front-page newspaper coverage it's receiving. MUSIC: Richard has written over 1,000 songs and his music is available wherever songs are streaming. FAN CLUB: For more information, visit the International Richard Rossi Fan Club at http://www.richardrossistore.com