Richard Tanne (born February 4, 1985)[1] is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
[8] As a teenager, Tanne's writing led to him being the recipient of the New Jersey Governor's Award for Excellence in Arts Education for playwriting.
[9] Following his initial success as a teenage writer, Tanne was announced as the winner of the Young Playwrights Inc. National Playwriting Competition, which was founded by Stephen Sondheim.
[15] In December 2014, it was announced that Tanne would make his feature directorial debut on the romance film Southside with You, for which he also wrote the script.
[18] Southside with You premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and received numerous awards and nominations.
[5] In October 2017, Deadline Hollywood reported that Tanne sold a genre pitch to Sony Pictures in a bidding war.