Biography
Richard Beattie is a seasoned script doctor with a wealth of experience in film, TV, and mini-series, earning accolades like a Genie Award for Cold Comfort. His writing spans genres, including award-nominated works like Almost Heaven. From small-town British Columbia, he funded his education by fighting forest fires and mining for gold. After various adventures, he completed a B.A. in Political Science from UBC. His screenplay, Blindside, kickstarted his career, leading him on a path akin to the...
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Tail of Love
2022
Writer
When Bella discovers that funding for her dog rescue centre is discontinued, she turns to JR, a soldier who quickly becomes attached to one of her res...

Killing Salazar
2017
Writer
An elite team of DEA agents are assigned to protect a dangerous drug lord and take refuge in a luxury hotel while they await extraction. They soon fin...

Absolution
2015
Writer
When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a dangerous mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, running a h...

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015
as Himself
This documentary short tells the story of cartoonist David Boswell and his greatest creation: Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman. In the late '70...

Shark Killer
2015
Writer
The services of shark killer have been engaged by his brother Jake, the head of a West Coast crime ring. The gig: kill the black-finned shark that swa...

Force of Execution
2014
Writer
Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit,...

Dead Drop
2013
Writer
Elijah Kane is not your average cop. As leader of an elite, undercover police unit he has dedicated his entire life to the relentless pursuit of truth...

Angel of Death
2013
Writer
Steven Seagal reprises his role as Seattle undercover cop Elijah Kane in this action thriller from the True Justice series. Responding to fresh intel,...

Violence of Action
2012
Writer
The Ghost's personal money launderer is due in town and Bojan, a ghost from Kane'e past suddenly appears on the scene. The CIA is convinced that Bojan...

Maximum Conviction
2012
Writer
When former black ops operative Cross and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysteri...

Blood Alley
2012
Writer
Elijah Kane Is on a new mission for the government after being promised that the CIA will provide information about who put out a hit on his previous ...

High Plains Invaders
2009
Writer
In the Old West an outlaw named Sam Phoenix is about to be hanged. But just before the noose tightens, the town is besieged by a lethal alien invader ...

The Baby Formula
2008
Writer
Two adventurous women in love are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sper...

Succubus
2006
Writer
Lilith, a cat-rescuing entrepreneur, and Athena, a genetic engineer, are desperately trying to have a baby together. Their attempts to conceive with t...

Almost Heaven
2006
Screenplay
A Canadian television director is hired to salvage an international fishing show in Scotland. The only hitch: his ex-wife is the host. What he finds i...

Redemption
2002
Executive Producer
A disgraced cop goes to work for the mob, and must choose between good and evil when he goes up against his former friends on the force.

The Highwayman
2000
Writer
Road trips have never been this killer! Jason Priestley stars as Breakfast, a psychotic jewelry store thief whose grip on reality is frighteningly pre...

Grizzly Falls
1999
Screenplay
When a young boy is captured by a grizzly bear, he begins the most incredible journey of a lifetime, full of breathtaking excitement, harrowing danger...

No Contest II
1996
Writer
Sharon Bell is back, this time she must stop a terrorist plot to smuggle Nazi nerve gas.

Cold Sweat
1993
Writer
Mark Cahill is a good family man with a loving wife and two wonderful children. Mark also happens to be a hit man who is haunted by his last victim, a...

Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
1992
Writer
Thirty years after slashing a Hamilton High couple on Prom Night 1957, psychotic priest Father Jonas gets loose from the chapel basement where the oth...

The Shower
1992
Writer
A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female guest...

Cold Comfort
1989
Writer
Dolores has everthing she wants for her birthday: a party, 18 glowing candles, and Stephen, the handsome stranger who's more than a guest. He's a pris...

Blindside
1987
Writer
Harvey Keitel plays Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. Gruber monitors the daily comings and goings of his t...