Biografía
Fred Ritzenberg has been in the film business for over twenty-five years, writing and producing motion pictures. He produced and directed (with David Leivick) the critically acclaimed feature film Gospel, which Variety called "technically and artistically, the best concert film since Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz. Siskel & Ebert gave Gospel "Two Thumbs Up," and the New York Times' Janet Maslin called it "wildly exhilarating."
Fred has written screenplays for some of Hollywood's top name producers, including Brother Zack for Joe Roth, Woody for Ted Field, Officer Buddy for Scott Kroopf, The Limit for Daniel Melnick, Take it to the Limit for Dick Clark Entertainment, Pennies a Day for Nash Entertainment and most recently, The Cure, for Mystic Films.
Fred is on the faculty at the Berkeley Digital Film Institute, located in the Saul Zaentz Media Center in Berkeley. He heads the screenwriting department. He has also taught at the Academy of Art College, where he developed their screenwriting curriculum, and taught hundreds of students the art and craft of scriptwriting.
Fred's FAR Films has optioned the book UP POHNPEI by Paul Watson, which he developed as his project.
Fred holds a BA and MFA in filmmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute and is a member of the WGA (Writers Guild of America).