Zach Richter: Director of Immersive VR and Creative Technology

Zach Richter is a prominent Los Angeles-based artist, designer, and creative director recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to virtual reality and interactive media. With a career spanning painting, photography, and digital innovation, Richter focuses on the intersection of storytelling and immersive technology. He gained international acclaim for directing 'Walking New York,' the first virtual reality film for The New York Times, created in collaboration with JR and Chris Milk. He also directed 'Hallelujah,' a revolutionary light-field VR adaptation of Leonard Cohen’s iconic song, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Richter served as the Executive Creative Director for 'Supernatural,' a premier VR fitness experience for the Oculus Quest that earned recognition as one of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2020. His professional history includes roles at Within and collaborations on experiential music projects for artists like Beck and Pharrell Williams. His work has been exhibited at esteemed institutions such as the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen, and the Watari-Um Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. His artistic practice is characterized by a search for personal mythology, using painting and photography to treat moments and memories as artifacts. This inward-turning practice aims to capture and shape fragments of thought that persist through observation and dreams. By bridging traditional and emerging mediums, Zach Richter continues to push the boundaries of how stories are told and experienced in the digital age.