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name: "Richie Kern"
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roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:02:09.297807+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Richie Kern

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer

## Biography

Richie Kern is a producer and media rights agent. He served as producer on the Hulu miniseries *Dopesick* (2021) and as executive producer on the Lifetime television film *Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter* (2019).

Kern previously worked in literary agencies and publishing. He was Head of Filmed Entertainment at Foundry Literary + Media for seven years, overseeing book-to-screen adaptations that included *Dopesick*. He had earlier roles as a senior editor at Thomas Dunne Books and as an agent at WME and ICM, specialising in book-to-film and television rights.

In 2022, Kern joined Paradigm Talent Agency as a media rights agent based in Los Angeles.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dopesick* (2021), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md)

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