CHRISTINA CAPAROULA

Christina Caparoula Rich has earned her rank by telling the story of humans across the globe as an accomplished producer, production designer, event producer, translator and actress for over 20 years.  Having worked in all aspects of the entertainment industry ranging from production, budgeting and casting, to front of house and front of camera, Caparoula is wholly rounded in her expertise as an entertainment professional, making her a choice pick for directors wanting to expose the stories of human plight.  Her gifts of organization, attention to detail, panache and creative imagination have earned her a reputation of excellence at home and abroad.
After graduating  from Penn state University with degrees in French, Theatre and International Relations, she decided to move to France and soon after found herself nestled in Hells Kitchen NYC for 16 years.  As an actress in NYC, Caparoula has booked shows on the sets of Law and Order, Royal Pains, as well as a plethora of NYC commercials and television shows.  She has worked closely with The Crook Brothers starring in The Fittest and Suckerpunch, which has won numerous awards nationwide. As a translator of French, she has worked very closely with lifetime friend, filmmaker Fabien Martorell as well as starring in his short TROMO film with Lloyd Kaufman. During those early years in NYC she created her own casting enterprise, working on and casting such shows as The Real Housewives, The Newlyweds, Construction  Intervention, Meet the Parents, Midnight Feast, The Rachel Ray Show, and I Killed My BFF (to name a few.)  She has contributed professionally and worked closely with such networks at BRAVO, True TV, Fremantle, the WB, The CW, HGTV, MTV, FYI, BBC, and A&E.
As a production designer Caparoula has worked next to Victoria Rowell (The Young and the Restless,) Cody Simpson, numerous musicians, and extensive independent films. Her creative flair, attention to detail and team managment is highlighted in each project. She also is a skilled food stylist and is known to make set food and also food for the crew.
Caparoula recently worked and traveled extensively nationwide and globally supervising and producing events living in the experiential marketing world such as Comi-Con (San Diego/ NYC,) SXSW, SuperBowl, ProBowl, Madden, King's Cup, Fifa, and Forza, and PGA.

She recently starred in a short film about homelessness in downtown LA called White Brick Road and was featured as a police officer in the punk band FU MaryLou's video "Jump." 

When she is not creating her own line of Italian specialties passed down from her grandmother’s recipe handbook, you might also catch her assisting with such musical productions working with The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Katy Perry, Melissa Etheridge, The Gypsy Kings, Insomniac, and many more.
 As a staunch supporter of LGBT+ Caparoula is with IDA films where she and her fellow colleagues are producing a documentary set to film in Thailand in the coming year.  
Christina has a passion for people, their stories, their truth and is at her core in everlasting pursuit of justice and love.  She will never cease to bring people together to share their stories as producer, production designer, or actress, whichever comes first.
Christina is now a happy resident of California’s beloved Hollywood Hills where champagne is generally chilling in a bucket of ice.

And... always, always with her toolbelt.