Richard Wiebe lives in Saint Paul, MN where he teaches at Hamline University. He has also worked with students at the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, Macalester College, and FilmNorth. His teaching and moviemaking are influenced by interests in DIY methods of production, deep listening, history, memory, and the fragility of life.   

Richard is the recipient of grants from the Jerome Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Princess Grace Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the Iowa Arts Council.  His award-winning work has screened widely at international venues including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Media City Film Festival (Windsor/Detroit), WNDX Festival of Moving Image (Winnipeg, Treaty 1), FIDMarseille, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Festival du nouveau cinéma (Montreal), UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art (Brooklyn), Festival Les Inattendus (Lyon), Sheffield Fringe Documentary Film Festival, 25 FPS (Zagreb), Chicago Underground Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Athens International Film Festival, IndieLisboa, L’Alternativa Film Festival (Barcelona), Antimatter (Victoria), and several others.

Richard has curated film and video programs for the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF), Cellular Cinema, and the Walker Art Center. He was the Executive Director of the 10th anniversary Iowa City Documentary Film Festival (IC DOCS) and co-founder of the Works-in-Progress Festival (WiP).