Richard D. Maurice (June 14, 1893 – February 5, 1955) was a pioneering filmmaker during the silent era.

Later, he became involved in labor organizing and helped found the Dining Car and Railroad Food Workers union.

Nobody's Children (originally titled, "Our Christianity and Nobody's Child"), the company's first feature, premiered at E. B. Dudley's Vaudette Theatre in Detroit on Monday, September 27, 1920, and played widely within the eastern United States.

[5] Historian Henry T. Sampson described it as one of the most outstanding black films of the silent era.

[7] In 1940, Maurice became involved in dining-car service as a waiter for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in New York City.

[1] A 2020 screening by a historical society with a panel discussion was scheduled but postponed due to the Covid epidemic.