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Sidewalks'
creator and executive producer Richard R. Lee
becomes an unexpected on-air personality
Actually, if the truth is to be known, Richard, who was born in San Francisco,
always wanted to co-host his beloved talk/variety series, but his creative
talents as producer, director and editor were strongly needed behind-the-scenes.
Richard made several cameo appearances on Sidewalks, but never in a
regular hosting position until the 9th season after he and co-host Cindy
Rhodes anchored a Sidewalks Mini-Christmas Special together.
After doing more episodes the following year,
the two found they had good chemistry together
in front of the camera, and soon, Richard became
Cindy's regular on-air partner.
 "Hosting Sidewalks or any other TV projects was never in my plan. I'm enjoying the
experience," he says on his first time hosting.
"I'm planning to do more on-air work in the
future with the next phase of Sidewalks."
Richard's other on-air appearances, outside of Sidewalks, were
KCRT Television's NewsReel series, Update Special: 2002 Olympic Torch
Relay, Festival by the Bay Highlights,
2001 Election Night Results, and the live productions of Juneteenth
and Cinco de Mayo '98, '99 and 2000 celebration specials. In 2005,
Richard was an announcer for the Comcast Game of
the Week basketball coverage.
In May
of 1999, Richard and Cindy Rhodes were the MCs for Richmond's and
El Cerrito's "Sister Cities" multicultural festival.
Besides directing Sidewalks, Richard is
the director for The Languages of Sound
and Movement (an award-winning cultural arts
and dance program), Monk King Productions' West County High
School Football and Basketball specials, and
a number of episodes of a locally-produced talk show
entitled Anaya. Additionally, Richard is
an occasional director for various Contra Costa
Television's (CCTV) programs, including the
medical advice series, Ask The Doctor.
Richard has also worked at several broadcast and cable stations in the San
Francisco Bay Area, including KTVU (Fox), KRCB
(PBS), KFCB (Ind.) and KCRT (Ind.).
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