Richard Ellis (born 1960) is an American news photographer and founder of the photo agency Newsmakers, which was later acquired by Getty Images.
In 1984, he joined Reuters, the British-based global news service, as a staff photographer in Hong Kong covering the People Power Revolution in the Philippines and dozens of stories throughout Asia.
In 1991, Ellis, assigned to cover the first Gulf War, worked outside the controlled news pool traveling the desert of Saudi Arabia, providing uncensored images.
Ellis left Reuters in 1994 after exposing faked pictures shot by Russian photographers for an American news magazine.
Ellis continued with Getty Images in a variety of roles becoming Senior Vice President of Business Development in 2004.