Biography

Alan De Lira-Richards is a Chicano filmmaker, screenwriter, and editor from Santa Fe, New Mexico, who discovered his passion for filmmaking after an ABC Family broadcast of Back to the Future on April 4th, 2015. Since then, he has made short films ranging from homages to Steven Spielberg films to deeply personal works about his life as a person with Audhd. He hopes to tell rich and powerful stories with heart, a perfect blend of drama and light-hearted comedy & nuanced writing. He is also the founder of his own production company: Cheny Entertainment, and the creator of his company's mascot, the New Mexican cartoon character Archie Armadillo.