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 Richard Rionda Del Castro, a native of Toulon, France received his Master of Business Administration in 1990 and worked in a French investment-banking firm as Executive Vice President of Mergers and Acquisition for 2 years.  During this time, Richard was responsible for the analysis, reporting and negotiation of thirteen acquisitions and corporate restructures.  Mr. Rionda Del Castro's team raised financing of over US $40 million through a combination of Banks and private investors.

In 1992, Richard joined the French film production and financing company Sud Finance, the holding company of Ulysse Entertainment, where he arranged for the procurement of investment capital, for financing of the international co-production of “The Night and The Moment,” starring William Dafoe, Lena Olin and Miranda Richardson.  The film was distributed in the US. by Miramax and worldwide by Ulysse.

The following year, Richard came to Los Angeles as President of Sales for Ulysse where he continued to oversee both sales and acquisition operations of seven motion pictures for Ulysse with stars such as:  Michael J. Fox, Treat Williams, Tcheky Karyo, C. Thomas Howell, Tia Carrere, Kristy Swanson, Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson and Gina Gershon until he formed his own company Hannibal Pictures.  He oversees development, production and foreign sales on a day-to-day basis.

Along with producing, Richard has also co-financed and distributed through Hannibal Pictures several movies.

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