Richter's documentaries have been shown theatrically, telecast and received major awards throughout the world. His work has been seen in national prime time on PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS, Discovery and on many major European and other international television outlets. Three of his films won DuPont Columbia Broadcast Journalism awards (the Pulitzer Prize of television journalism), and two others were Academy Award nominees for best documentary short. He is the last member of the famed Edward R. Murrow-Fred Friendly CBS Reports unit still actively producing documentaries. A New York City native, Richter attended a Telluride Association junior college in California and received his B.A. from Oregon's Reed College. As an M.F.A. candidate at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop, he began his professional career under the ægis of Richard Maibaum, later screenwriter of the "James Bond" thrillers. Richter joined Oregon public television, initially as a producer and reporter, then as Director of Public Affairs programs. He also was Pacific Northwest reporter for The New York Times. He received an M.A. in Public Law and Government while on a CBS News Fellowship at Columbia University. Other (non-nominated) credits include VIETNAM: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY (1979), IN OUR HANDS (1984), WHO SHOT PRESIDENT KENNEDY? (1989), FATHER ROY: INSIDE THE SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS (1997), FIVE DAYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD and SOA: GUNS AND GREED (both 2001), THE LAST ATOMIC BOMB (2006), and WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN: THE DESTRUCTION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI (2007, exec. producer).  Nominated for Documentary (Short Subjects) 1982: GODS OF METAL - Producer  Nominated for Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects 1994: SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS ASSASSINS - Producer 2 nominations