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In the Bandra neighborhood
of Mumbai, India |
Ahh, Richard Dallett - rhymes with palate, and with good reason. We usually
call him Reeesharr(d), to better reflect his fluency in French. Anne and
David have spent a lot of time on the road with Richard, and it's always
a pleasure because he is sooooooo easy going. That is, until the waiter
tries to clear empty plates from the table before the last person has finished
eating - very much a no-no. ("You wouldn't do that in your own home would
you?") Richard now has the rest of us trying to train the wait staff of
the world (well, actually, it's mostly a problem in the U.S. because overseas
they have better manners) about the plate-clearing thing.
Occasionally some other minor irritation will surface, like when one
of us mistakenly says "done" when we mean "finished", such as "Richard,
are you done yet?" Ohhhh, do we hear about that. ("You mean, am
I finished yet????") But mostly Richard spends his time looking
for our next fabulous meal, along with an occasional bit of shooting.
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Malshiras, India
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During the lulls in all of this activity, he tries to convince us that
"Survivor" is really a documentary ("well, they don't pay the actors, or
tell them what to say"). Yeah, right Richard. Of course, we can't say too
much since we've never been on a Survivor shoot, and
Richard shot five out of the first six and then decided to come to India with us instead of doing more. It all makes for good stories around the campfire, or at dinner
in one of Richard's favorite restaurants, like the Kurry Kourt in the basement
of the Holiday Inn in Pune, India. (Anne and David know for a fact that
an opportunity to eat at the Kurry Kourt is the real reason he turned down
"Survivor.")
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Bhabha Hospital,
Bandra (Mumbai), India |
In truth, Richard is an extremely talented world-traveling Director
of Photography who has worked on broadcast projects for, among others,
BBC, ABC, CBS, MTV, PBS, Discovery, and Cinemax. He has also shot
four feature films that have appeared at festivals such as Sundance,
Slamdance, and Toronto, as well as a mini-series for Canal Plus in France. Besides his work for CR and "Survivor,"
some of his recent work is for the Food Network filming chefs around
the world. This is no accident (remember, Dallett rhymes with palate).
Richard is also the father (and his wife, Lloyd, the mother) of
Lucia, a most charming surf bunny whose favorite phrase
is, "Daddy, it doesn't get any better than this!" Who can argue
with that?
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Lucia and Lloyd, Santa
Barbara, CA |
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