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Richard Wolf, also known as Ricardo Lobo, is an American documentary film director and producer. His films tackle social issues from a humanist perspective. Based in New York, he has directed over thrity documentary films in five continents.

Career

Wolf started his career in Brazil under the name Ricardo Lobo. There, he directed independent documentaries and became a succesful network television reporter, praised in he national press for his courage and commitment. He produced investigative reports for Documento Especial, a weekly series that peaked at 47 percent ratings.

Wolf then became a documentary director at the public television TV Cultura, which according to research by the British Institute Populus is the second highest quality channel in the world, behind only BBC one. At TV Cultura, he directed the documentary De Volta para Casa (Going Back Home) on street children, which was the flagship program that earned the station an International Emmy Award. He also received the prestigious Aryton Senna Award, the IberoAmerican Award, and the Vladimir Herzog Award. In 2001, he migrated to the United States. He then assumed the US legal name Richard Wolf and took residence in New York City. From there, he traveled and filmed in 76 countries.

Wolf's feature documentary A Requiem for Syrian Refugees was released theatrically to critical acclaim, being considered "powerfully direct" and "pained but beautiful". Wolf was one of the few filmmakers who managed to obtain entry into Afghanistan during Taliban rule before 9/11. Working largely underground, he made the film Behind the Veil, which brought to Western audiences unprecedented images of women's underground resistance against fundamentalism. The film won an award at the New York Festivals. Wolf's work embodies a strong gender perspective. His documentary Women of the Sand, on women empowerment in the Mauritania desert, was shown at the Museum of modern Art and became part of the collection. Some of Richard Wolf's films have dealt with taboo social issues such as honor killings. This documentary Dishonorable Killings, filmed in Diyarbakir, Turkey, was premiered in London and shown at France 24 channel. Wolf also worked for the United nations, UNICEF, and UNDP, leading communications teams and producing films on relief and devlopment topics. In tune with new trends in the film industry, he embraced digital online and social media distribution. A collaboration with the band Beats Antique yielded Le Refuge, a video clip widely shared across social media platforms. Through his company Lobodocs, he developed a partnership with the streaming service Kanopyto target influencers in the educational and public library segments, while at the same time maintaining ties to international distributors such as Journeyman pictures (UK) and Java Films (France). His documentary, The Antechamber of Hell, on Rohingya refugees, is being streamed on Amazon.com, which tagged it "a searing testimony of crimes against humanity and an enlivening testament to the human spirit.

His visual style has been likened to Dorothea Lange: "Gorgeous visual quality, thanks to the stark black and white cinematography that recalls the depression-era photographs of Dorothea Lange". (The Hollywood Report)

Personal life

Wolf was born Ricardo Lobo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 13, 1956. He is the son of Brazilian diplomat Mauro Lobo and teacher Gloria Lobo. He grew up in Sao Paulo, went to the Colegio Santa Cruz high school and graduated in Economics with honors from the University of Sao Paulo. He then moved to New York to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics, having studied at Columbia University and The New School. After finishing his Ph.D. at the age of 24, he took film production courses at The Global Village and The New York Film Academy.

Wolf is not married and has no children.