Lawrence Richardson

Larry Richardson is a produced screenwriter, social media influencer, journalist, columnist, and
public relations and marketing consultant.
Richardson co-wrote “Christmas Lodge”, which was sold by Walmart and Target in DVD form
and still streams on Netflix and Amazon Prime. Richardson’s YouTube channel
(@larryrichardson) has over 18 million views and 62,000 followers. The channel features
Richardson’s enormously popular Step-by-Step Chef series and travel videos.
After graduating with honors from the School of Journalism at the University of Southern
California, Richardson worked as a radio news director, anchor and reporter at radio stations in
Virginia, Vermont and Maryland. He also wrote a newspaper column for a chain of suburban
newspapers located around the beltway in Washington, D.C.
Richardson became a public relations consultant in Washington, D.C. and worked with many
large companies, including Walmart, Sam’s Club and American Airlines. In addition to public
relations, he also led many successful campaigns that involved marketing, advertising, public
affairs, government affairs, grassroots organizing, and social media programs. His innovative
approaches helped the generic drug industry to defeat the brand drug industry’s attempts to
extend the patent on the popular allergy drug Claritin. The brand drug industry outspent the
generic drug industry 80-to-1 but was still defeated.
Richardson’s extensive sales experience also includes a dozen years working as a Realtor in
South Florida.