‏Richard Salvatore‏

Born in the Bronx, a true new yorker, he graduated Hofstra University while owning and operating with his family the popular Greenwich Village restaurant, Poppolini's. After 15 years of feeding a string of young soon to be stars including Ethan Hawke, Kevin Spacey, Anthony Michael Hall, Camryn Manheim, Matt Dillon and Adam Sandler, he got bitten by the film bug and drove cross country to try his hand at producing films. His parents, singer Geraldine and theater producer, Steve provided the creative genes to influence his new career. He just finished his first novel, The Poison Rose, available on Amazon!