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Richie Costales is an award-winning editor, producer, creative director, and filmmaker.
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He’s earned a reputation as a clear and adaptive storyteller with inventive editorial technique and effortless style and has experience in corporate, independent, and entrepreneurial spaces.
His intensive experience in the motion picture advertising field fosters an instinct for caring collaboration and seamless feedback synthesis to bring projects from launch to audience eyeballs.
(And, he has some awards you can check out down below)
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Costales crafts stunning AV, digital, and 360 content as a producer, manager, editor, and creative director. He has created work for studios including Disney, A24, Apple+, HBO, Searchlight Pictures, Netflix, Focus Features, Sony, Amazon Studios, Nat Geo, and Paramount Pictures.
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As a proud Angeleno of Mexican heritage, he holds a deep foundational belief in promoting equity through radical acceptance and as a result he is a champion of mentorship, education, leadership, accountability, and responsibility to raise up communities in and around his workplaces.
Costales has a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with Honors in Film and Television from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
He is an award winning percussionist with a minor in music from NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture,
Education, and Human Development.
🦪He is also an avid oyster enthusiast🦪
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SXSW 2024 World Premiere
Can - Winner:Audience Award for Best Narrative Short
SXSW 2024 Official Selection
“My Idea” by Yacht - SelectionMusic Video Category
Clio Entertainment Awards:
(I proudly share all of these awards with the respective peers and collaborators
Halftime - 2022 Winner:
Bronze - "Statement" - Theatrical/Film: Trailer
Lamb - 2022 Winner:
Bronze - "Baby Ada" - Television/Series: Video Promo Craft
Vikings: Valhalla - 2022 Winner:
Bronze - "Rebirth" - Television/Series: Video Promo Craft
The Green Knight - 2021 Winner:
Gold - "Proven" - Theatrical Social Media
Gold - "Proven" - Long Form Social Media
Gold - "Proven" - Theatrical: Original Content
Silver (3x) - "Proven" - Theatrical: Audio/Visual Craft
Silver - "Quest for Honor" - Theatrical: Social Media
Silver - "Quest for Honor" - Theatrical: Consumer Products
Bronze - "Proven" - Theatrical: Innovation
Bronze - "Quest for Honor" - Theatrical: Audio/Visual Craft
Uncut Gems - 2021 Winner:
Gold - Campaign, Theatrical: Audio/Visual Mixed Campaign
Exterminate All the Brutes - 2021 Winner:
Bronze - "Truth" - Television/Streaming: Trailer
Downton Abbey - 2019 Winner:
Silver - Campaign, Theatrical: Audio/Visual Campaign
Midsommar - 2019 Winner:
Silver - Campaign, Theatrical: Digital/Mobile & Social Media Technique
Battle of the Sexes - 2018 Winner:
Bronze - "Man Vs. Woman" - TV Spot
Eighth Grade - 2018 Winner:
Bronze - Theatrical: Audio/Visual Campaign
Silver - "Strange" - Theatrical Trailer
Birdman - 2015 Winner:
Bronze - “Birdman Returns” - Theatrical: Audio/Visual
Golden Trailer Awards:
Birdman - 2015 Winner:
Birdman Returns - Best Trailer (No Movie)
Vimeo Staff Picks:
“Hi Ball X Whitty T” - Short Film - 2019 Vimeo Staff Pick
“Partied to Death” - Music Video - 2020 Vimeo Staff Pick
