Short Bio
Ronnie S. Riskalla is an award-winning Screenwriter and Director who produced dozens of films as a young child with only a Betacam. Years later he went on to study film and drama in High School and performed regularly in school talent shows, police youth clubs and various school theatre productions.
After High School Riskalla attended a private film college before going on to study and attend workshops at The Australian Film, Television & Radio School finding his forte 'behind the camera'. A passionate and hardworking writer and director, he continued his film studies through a UCLA film-school extension learning from professional crew working in Hollywood.
His passion to entertain an audience extends into his professional life where he worked in the cinema industry for 20 years as a Projectionist & Technical Manager, managing and maintaining dozens of 35mm projectors well into the digital projection age. He ran thousands of regular screenings of films to Australian audiences as the showman, and also running special event screenings while working alongside filmmakers and distributors.
The transition from behind the film projector to behind the camera was a natural one. After attending the highly sought out Hollywood Film School run by Independent film guru Dov S-S Simens his willingness to undertake a challenge led to his producing and directing experimental feature film: The Day Hollywood Died.
He has worked tirelessly on seven other feature films scripts in various stages of development over the past decade. In 2016, a screenplay he co-wrote; Fire Mountain was shortlisted for multiple awards. He continued t work in the film indutry as project -manager for Americam film compane Deluxe Entertainment where he managed the digital delivery and QC of hundreds of feature film and TV content for the major Hollywood studio, Netlfix, Amazon, Hulu and countless other film distrubtors for the Asia-Pacfic region.
Ronnie S. Riskalla second feature film ‘Streets of Colour’ an urban drama shot in Western Sydney that tackles racism and cultural identity, recently had its world premiere at the historic Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace at Cremorne to an almost sold out record-breaking event on a Monday night for an independant film. The film currently in a limited release across selected cities in Australia.
Ronnie is the director's attachement on The Correspondent Directed by Kriv Stenders starring Richard Roxborough & Rahel Romahn. He is also developing a psychological crime-thriller feature film and a true-crime tv-series for a streaming platform. Ronnie is a passionate filmmaker open to directing most genre's but excels in drama.
