Richard is a veteran of Film and Television with an incredibly diverse body of work.
His career began with a series of cult, genre, and family film films including the Quentin Tarantino favorite "Vice Girls," the Genesis Award winning, "The Bike Squad," and the groundbreaking "Call of the Wild 3D."
"InSight" was theatrically released to critical acclaim Yahoo Movies calling it "Well Directed and Acted From Start to Finish." The feature starring Natalie Zea, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Christopher Lloyd was later picked up by A&E Networks for it's World Television Premiere.
Subsequently, Richard Directed and Produced seven consecutive feature films that were picked up by A&E: "Imaginary Friend" starring Ethan Embry, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Schul, and Paul Sorvino, "In The Dark," starring Elisabeth Rohm, Sam Page, and Shannon Elizabeth, "The Good Mother," starring Helen Slater, Jean Louisa Kelly, Patrick Fabian and Beverly D' Angelo, "Non-Stop," starring Lacey Chabert, Drew Seeley, Will Kemp, and Veronica Cartwright, and "The Wrong Woman" (The Highest Rated Acquisition of All Time) starring Danica McKellar, Jonathan Bennett, Dina Meyer and Jim O'Heir, "Expecting Amish" which premiered as the Highest Rated Cable Program starring A J Michalka, Alyson Stoner, Jean Luc Bilodeau, and Jesse McCartney, and "Mommy I Didn't Do It," starring Danica McKellar, Jonathan Bennett and Jen Lilley.
Richard's western, Justice, starring Nathan Parsons, Stephen Lang, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jackson Rathbone, and Ellen Holman was picked up by Universal for theatrical and then digital release.
He also recently directed two films for The Hallmark Channel, "A Gingerbread Romance," starring Tia Mowry and Duane Henry, and "A Feeling of Home" starring Nathan Parsons, Jonna Walsh and Robbie Benson.
Richard was just nominated (2020) for an Emmy as a Producer on the popular Amazon Series "The Bay."
Additionally, Richard was a producer on both Steve Boyum's Fox feature "Supercross" and the 2010 Toronto Discovery Award Winner "Beautiful Boy" which starred Michael Sheen and Maria Bello.
A graduate of USC, Richard lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.
- IMDb mini biography by: The Gersh Agency
Acting
115
Male
1964-02-14
New York City, New York, USA
Ricardo Luigi Gabaiello, Richard Louis Gabai
Final Voyage
The Capitol Conspiracy
Malaika
Motocross Kids
Maximum Security
Assault of the Party Nerds
Assault of the Party Nerds II
Mom, Can I Keep Her?
Treasure Hunt
Virgin High
Inner Sanctum II
Little Miss Magic
Raptor
Nightmare Sisters
The Wasp Woman
Spider's Web
Blood Nasty
Final Examination
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles
The Curse of the Komodo
Trance
Sideshow
Dinosaur Island
Glass Trap
Cyberzone
Fugitive Mind
Piranha Women
Two Sinners and a Mule
Hard Bounty
Sexual Roulette
Vice Girls
Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era
Hot Under the Collar
Air Racers 3D
Serenity Farm
Popstar
Virtual Girl
Bikini Drive-In
Dear Santa
Stranded
Rapid Assault
Virtual Girl 2: Virtual Vegas
Demon Wind
After Midnight
Submerged
Night Visitors
Tomorrow by Midnight
Solar Flare
Assault on VA-33
The Pandora Project
Letters at Christmas
The 3 Killer Pigs
They Want Dick Dickster
The Cowboy Killer
Night of the Living Dead
Jack-O 2: Blood Moon Rising
Call of the Wild
Supercross
Drive By
Miracle Dogs Too
The Bike Squad
Deadly Embrace
InSight
Imaginary Friend
American Black Beauty
In the Dark
The Good Mother
The Wrong Woman
Non-Stop
Expecting Amish
Mommy I Didn't Do It
Justice
Kickboxing Academy
A Gingerbread Romance
Midnight Tease II
A Feeling of Home
The Legend of William Tell