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Texas Ranch Productions is owned and operated by siblings
Rawlyn and Shiloh Richter in the heart of Southwest Texas.
Rawlyn Richter, their dad, served as Executive Producer and lead
actor in Road to El Paso. Dr. Francine Richter worked as casting
director and inspiration. And it takes many friends and a
supportive community to complete a film. Thankfully, that's what
they have in Uvalde County--and their extended community in
Socorro, Ruidoso, Albuquerque, and Los Lunas New Mexico.
Rawlyn William Richter III has worked in music for years, playing
in clubs all over Texas. But "Songs of Women, Guns, and Booze"
is the baby. He wrote all the music and lyrics over several years
and it finally came to fruition when the movie needed a
soundtrack. It was amazing how the songs fit even though they
were not intended to go with the movie when they were written.
He also worked on a few film sets like James Michener's Texas
and Tommy Lee Jones' The Good Ol Boys. He teaches at the
junior high in Uvalde and plays music live around Southwest
Texas. Read more about him at www.rawlynwilliamrichteriii.com
His sister, Shiloh has written screenplays while working with
Agence Talent in Austin doing a little film work and teaching
college literature. There is a silly bit in the opening credits of
Johnny Knoxville's The Ringer where her mom and she are
working in an office building. You can barely see them, but it was
a learning experience and impetus to finally become dedicated to
producing a feature western, Road to El Paso. After teaching high
school for five years and then full time at the junior college for two
years in Eagle Pass, Texas, Shiloh taught literature part time at Sul
Ross State University: Rio Grande College in Uvalde for a number
of years before leaving to produce Road to El Paso full time. Her
dad and she wrote the screenplay together and then had to learn
all the steps to putting a movie together (the hard way!). They
readily agree didn't know what they were doing, but dropped into it
and did it anyway, learning along the way. It took two years of
crazy hours and unpreditable weather and filming on weekends,
trying to make scheduling work with the casts' schedules. The
biggest thing was trying to see the project through to the end.
Most important to all of them was including everyone who wanted
to be a part and finding a place for each. They wanted it to be tied
to place--Uvalde County, and community. New Mexico also served
as home territory for filming, as many friendships were formed in
the making of the film in Albuquerque and Soccoro through the
New Mexican Horse Project based in Los Lunas. They ended up
with over 200 people helping out.The top priority for the company
is having a life with family and home, and producing beautiful
projects. They believe it can be done from a base in Uvalde. They
are proud of the outcome and of all the people who jumped in there
and made a movie even when it seemed the craziest thing in the
world. Shiloh does marketing and PR at Frio Country Resorts and
The Club at Concan.
Debbie French, who stars in the film, worked as Associate
Producer, tirelessly recruiting extras, setting locations, altering
costumes, and scheduling filming. Dedicated to the movie's
success, Debbie worked for two years without ever losing sight of
the dream of seeing a movie completed.
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