Richard Zampella is an American film and multimedia producer who has collaborated with John Mulholland on three

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s including ''Sergeant York of God & Country'' (

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, narrated by

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), ''Inside High Noon'' (

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, narrated by

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) and ''Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen'', narrated by Sam Waterston. ''Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen'' was reviewed by ''

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'' film critic Andy Webster on October 11, 2013, and was named an NY Times Critics' Pick by Manohla Dargis,

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and

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. Webster said the picture was proof that the work of these two men "endures and so does what they stood for". Zampella produced the 110th anniversary birthday celebration of jazz legend

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in conjunction with the Mayor's Office of New York City and the MTA when Mayor

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designated "Duke Ellington Day" to celebrate the anniversary of the jazz legend's birth. On September 11, 2015, Zampella received an Editor's Pick from CNN for his report/photo essay on the 14th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack. Zampella was born in

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, and resides in New York City.

Documentaries

Richard Zampella began his collaboration with director John Mulholland as his producing partner in 2006 and has served as producer for the following John Mulholland films. *''Inside High Noon'': Inside High Noon examines the political and

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controversy — and Cooper's integral role in combating blacklisting — during the filming of the 1952 film classic, ''

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''.

narrator (among on-camera participants: President

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and

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). *''Sergeant York: Of God And Country:'' The documentary examines how the 1941 classic,

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— and Cooper himself — became embroiled in the

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and Congressional turmoil leading up to

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narrator. Zampella & Mulholland's most recent documentary '' Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen'', narrated by Sam Waterston,

Len Cariou Leonard Joseph Cariou (; born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor and Theatre director, stage director, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', for which he wo ...

as Ernest Hemingway. Zampella & Mulholland began work in February 2015 on a documentary entitled Elmore Leonard: The Dickens of Detroit on author

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. The documentary film explores how Leonard started, why he wrote what he did and how he arrived at his lean, terse, minimalist trademark.

ICONS Radio Hour

Zampella served as Producer of a radio

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show, ICONS Radio Hour, for four years, from 2007 to 2010. He produced interviews with both current Hollywood artists and those with first-hand knowledge of the Classic Hollywood era. Zampella hired author and film historian Meir Z. Ribalow to co-host the podcast with Mulholland.

Idylease

Richard Zampella is the owner & operator of

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, a former resort hotel located in Newfoundland, which is a historically significant example of early 20th century resort architecture in Northwest, New Jersey.

References

External links

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Sergeant York: Of God And CountryLibrary Journal Review, True Gen

True Gen Official WebsiteOCLC World Cat Identity
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Richard Zampella Introduces Duke Ellington Day - Named by Michael Bloomberg in the City of New YorkRichard Zampella at Transmultimedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zampella, Richard Living people American documentary film producers American people of Italian descent American film producers 1966 births