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Richard D’Alessio began his career at the age of 19 by writing, producing and directing a local cable TV comedy show entitled "The Only Show" for Channel 3 on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. It was there that he got his first break and was hired to direct a sports TV profile on Pro Ski racing for the Sports Channel. This led to creating a snowboard video for MTV in which they highlighted the first televised competition in Aspen Highlands for sport Channel. A broadcast that Richard D'Alessio produced and directed. He then plunged into advertising at the age of 22 working alongside the legendary ad man Donny Deutsch on Madison Avenue creating and directing over 300 commercials together, including the famous North American launch of the Ikea “Salesman” campaign. Since then Richard has directed 4 top ten Super Bowl Commercials and one top 10 of all time “Cedric date” for Bud Light, according to USA Today’s poll. His television commercials, have won numerous international awards including three Lions at Cannes, and inclusion in four separate television specials highlighting the world’s best commercials. Richard has worked all over the world directing international commercial campaigns for clients such as Budweiser, Nintendo, Pepsi, Snickers, and General Motors. Richard has also directed seven full-length documentary films, including “Man and the Mosquito” currently running National Geographic Explorer series, and produced and directed two internationally acclaimed short films, “Seven Gates” and “The Dane”. He is the founder and owner of Unplugged www.unpluggedtv.com a digital entertainment studio. Unplugged he has produced and/or directed many entertainment series’ and most notably he worked alongside Barry Levinson and Jerry Seinfeld as the animation director for the “Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman” for American Express. Currently he has created produced and directed several television and branded entertainment series that are in production. Most notably SLOTCAR and Knob Hockey.