Richard Driscoll

Richard Driscoll (born 13 January 1960) is a British screenwriter, film producer, actor and film director.

Driscoll was born in Cardiff, and uses the professional name Steven Craine, to avoid confusion with Richard Driscoll, another British actor.

Eldorado Eldorado, which starred Daryl Hannah, David Carradine and Michael Madsen, was filmed mostly at Higher Nanpean Farm in Cornwall, a small production facility owned by Driscoll. However scenes involving Daryl Hannah were shot in Los Angeles. During production, Michael Madsen was hospitalised after an incident while intoxicated.

Legal history

Tax fraud conviction Once Eldorado was released, HM Revenue and Customs began an investigation into Driscoll and the production accounting of the film. Driscoll had greatly inflated the budget of the film to claim VAT refunds on money the production had not spent. The entire budget of the film was reported by Driscoll to be £12 million but the subsequent investigation revealed it had only cost £750,000.

In June 2013, Driscoll was found guilty of a £1.5 million VAT fraud involving inflating the values of invoices for projects including Eldorado, and two other films, Watchmen of Hellgate and Back2Hell. But, he was acquitted of conspiring to claim more than £2 million in film tax credit subsidies for Eldorado. Since his release, he has continued to write, act and direct with Ross Fall and his MAHA Films Label. Since his conviction, he has continued to work under his pseudonyms Steven Craine and Chris Newman.

Filmography Director The Comic (1985) (+ screenplay) Silent Heroes (1988) (+ screenplay) Kannibal (2001) (+ screenplay) Evil Calls: The Raven (2008) (+ screenplay) Eldorado (2012) (+ screenplay) Grindhouse 2wo (2016) (+ screenplay) Grindhouse Nightmare (2017) Assassins Revenge (2018) (+ screenplay) Born2Race (2019) (+ screenplay) Conjuring: The Book of the Dead (2020) (+ screenplay) The Adventures of Mickey Sherlock Mouse and Winnie the Pooh

Actor The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (TV series, 1 episode) (1981) – Lord Askwith It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV series, 1 episode) (1981) – Private Jones Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) – Unidentified X-wing pilot Jamaica Inn (1983) (TV film) – Sedgewick The Mimosa Boys (1984) (TV film) – Griffin The Master of Ballantrae (1984) (TV film) – McGregor The District Nurse (TV series, 3 episodes) (1984) – John Morris La Guerre de Jenny (1985) (TV film) – Stanson* Kannibal (2001) – Quinn/Kavanagh/Virgil EastEnders (TV series) (1997-1999) - Alex Healy Evil Calls (2008) – George Carney Eldorado (2012) – Oliver Rosenblum Assassins Revenge (2018)- The Comedian / William Bard