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Richard “Ric” Menello was born on August 20, 1952, in Queens, New York, to Rocco Menello, a truck driver and business owner, and Lucille Giordano Menello, a housewife and former art teacher. Ric grew up and was raised in Brooklyn, New York. His youthful imagination was inspired by Japanese horror films, comic books, and literature. …
screenwriter. Richard "Ric" Menello (August 20, 1952 – March 1, 2013) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. Menello co-directed the landmark music video for the Beastie Boys ' 1987 single, "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)". [1] [2] [3] His contributions to music during the era led MTV to call him, "one of the most ...
Mar 20, 2013 · In Memory of Ric Menello, Part Two. March 20, 2013. I knew Ric Menello from screenings, and knew of his collaboration with James Gray (though not its particulars), but knew nothing of his life ...
Ric Menello. Writer: The Immigrant. Ric Menello was born on 20 August 1952. He was an actor and writer, known for The Immigrant (2013), Two Lovers (2008) and Beastie Boys: No Sleep till Brooklyn (1987).
- Actor, Writer, Director
- August 20, 1952
- Ric Menello
- March 1, 2013
by Vincent Giordano “LL Cool J’s “Going Back to Cali” is one of the best hip-hop videos. It was cinematic, and it felt like the song.” • Fab 5 Freddy The music video for Going Back to Cali marked a pivotal moment in Ric’s music video directorial career. Of all the videos, it evoked probably …
Mar 15, 2013 · A Beloved Cinematic Savant. March 15, 2013. I first took note of the name of Ric Menello in early 2009, when I saw him listed in credits of James Gray’s “Two Lovers,” which he co-wrote and ...
Menello Monogatari, Part One. by Vincent Giordano. transit. But during its moment, all that. the living and the dead.”. My memories of Ric are not fleeting but fluid and alive. He has always been there, his loud booming laugh rising over everything in the room, the incessant, unquenchable thirst to learn and see every film he could, driving ...
