REMEMBERING MONTANA
June 17, 2026
On June 15th, my sweet boy Montana ascended. He wasn’t just a companion; he was my copilot, my navigator, and the undisputed chief window officer.
I’m Richard Oshen. I write tough and tender stories about brave underdogs, unlikely heroes, and adventures where the impossible just might be possible.
I’ve spent a lifetime in entertainment lighting from Aerosmith concerts to MTV music videos, and HBO specials, to working on films like This Is Spinal Tap and Blue Chips. These days, I write stories from a cabin tucked away in the San Bernardino Mountains.
I’ve always loved painting with words. There’s something special about working on the grand canvas of a screenplay—imagining a world, bringing it to life on the page, and understanding the language of filmmaking that transforms words into images on the screen.
A well-written screenplay is a stream of consciousness unfolding like a dream, where the dreamer is at once the observer of the dream and the protagonist.
More than anything, I hope my stories get people talking—about life, each other, the world around us, and our place in it.
Whenever I write a story, there’s always a soundtrack in my head playing as I visualize scenes. Some musical ideas are motivated by specific moments within a scene while other times it’s just me exploring different themes.
On June 15th, my sweet boy Montana ascended. He wasn’t just a companion; he was my copilot, my navigator, and the undisputed chief window officer.
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