Grigorij Richters

Grigorij S. Richters (born 21 May 1987) is a film director, public relations expert, activist, producer and official Forbes Council member. He directed the feature film 51 Degrees North and co-founded the global awareness movement Asteroid Day with astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian May. Richters was Kevin Spacey's filmmaker-in-residence at the Old Vic Theatre and activist Stephen Sutton's documentarian before Sutton's death in 2014. He filmed and produced his first documentary at the age of 11. He also walked from Paris to Berlin to advocate for refugee children who are stuck in Greek refugee camps. In 2022, he founded XWECAN, a PR and Communications agency. He has worked with the likes of King Charles III, Keira Knightley and Whoopi Goldberg.