Mr. Pérez worked as a freelance producer for the KCET/PBS news magazine, California Connected and produced the multi-media campaign for the best selling book, Pigs at the Trough, by author Arianna Huffington. Mr. Pérez also produced video projects for The American Civil Liberties Union and the activist organizations MoveOn.org and TrueMajority.org. Before making documentaries Mr. Pérez worked as Technical Director for the Fox Broadcasting Company and an Assignment Editor and Field Producer for KCBS-TV News. Richard Ray Pérez graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Visual and Environmental Studies.

Richard Ray PÉrez: CO- Producer, CO-Director, Writer, Director of Photography. Richard Ray Pérez co-produced and co-directed the documentary Crashing the Party: The Democratic National Convention 2000 and and has produced and directed documentaries for the Center for American Progress and the AFL-CIO.