Richard Ruggiero has been active creatively in the film and television business since he graduated from Brown University in 2004. Richard has been working in the NYC area as an editor on documentaries, commercials, and music videos for Sony Music, as well as television shows for A&E, The Food Network, and Fox. He recently co-directed a film starring Tom Alredge, titled A Magic Helmet, which is currently going through the festival circuit.

Richard's experience on the road as a guitar player for numerous touring bands has given him a worldly view point and unique eyes through which to see the world and the next storm on the horizon. He has real life storm experience filming for Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers, in which he witnessed severe storms and filmed numerous tornadoes.