Richie got his first Video8 Camcorder when he was eleven years old and he has loved being behind the camera ever since. Yau attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where his love for movies flourished. He graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies and earned his Master’s Degree in Film Production with an emphasis in Cinematography from Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in 2009. Richie’s short film Stones was an Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011.