richie lyons
Marquette student, class of 2024
Filmmaker
About
Richie is a young filmmaker from Pittsburgh, PA. He is currently a Senior at Marquette University. He is majoring in Digital Media and minoring in Literary Studies. He got his start at Riverview High School in a film/tv club called Raidervision. He learned the ins and outs of filmmaking and broadcast television. Lessons he took with him to Marquette University. At Marquette, he got hired as a Production Assistant for MUTV as a first-year. He would also join the Marquette Filmmakers Association. These two organizations helped him grow his skills as a filmmaker. During his junior year, he became the Production Director at MUTV and got to direct his first film produced by Marquette Filmmakers Association. That summer he also interned for the Pittsburgh Penguins as a production assistant. He is currently studying abroad in Rome, Italy.
Awards
Best Short Film Quarter-Finalist | SWIFF Film Festival | 2023 |
Special Programming (TV)- First Place | Wisconsin Broadcast Awards | 2023 |
Live Special - First Place | Wisconsin Broadcast Awards | 2023 |
Best All-Around Television Newscast | Society of Professional Journalists | 2023 |
Best All-Around Television News Magazine | Society of Professional Journalists | 2023 |
Best College Student Production – Newscast Nomination | National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chicago/Midwest Chapter | 2022, 2021 |
24-Hour Film Race 1st Prize | Marquette Filmmakers Association | 2021 |
24-Hour Film Race 3rd Prize | Marquette Filmmakers Association | 2022 |
Television Newscast - First Place | Wisconsin Broadcast Awards | 2022 |
Television Sports Programming Non Play-by-Play - First Place | Wisconsin Broadcast Awards | 2022 |