Richard Schenkman writes, directs and produces feature films, among other things. His first film was The Pompatus of Love (1995), which he wrote with Jon Cryer and Adam Oliensis. A festival favorite, it enjoyed a successful theatrical release in 1995. He then directed the action/drama October 22 (1998) for Nu Image/Millennium Films, and followed that with Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998), his second collaboration with Cryer. It won numerous awards on the festival circuit, was theatrically released and successfully acquired by Blockbuster Video as an exclusive rental title. Later he and Cryer set up the sitcom pilot "Us and Them" at 20th Century Fox TV, and a romantic comedy dance musical at VH1. Schenkman wrote VH1's pilot for an original animated Elvis series, and crafted commercials and promos, most notably two award winning Mill Valley Film Festival trailers. He- also directed episodes of 'Dick Wolf''s Arrest & Trial (2000) and wrote dialogue