Richard Edson Highlights

1990: TV series debut as a regular in "Shannon's Deal"
1989: Made TV debut in the NBC-TV movie pilot, "Shannon's Deal", written by John Sayles
1984: Made acting debut in a leading role in Jim Jarmusch's feature, "Stranger Than Paradise"
1982: Composed the score for New York-based independent filmmakers Beth and Scott B.'s "Vortex"
Left Sonic Youth after playing drums on their first album
Composed the music for the Montreal premiere of "Fiction", a mixed-media theatrical presentation by Bernard Herbert
Spent some time in the early 1980s in the San Francisco music scene
Spent years attending various colleges around the country
Worked as a professional musician, playing trumpet and percussion for NYC-based acts Lydia Lunch, Forces of Love, Konk