Director

2856 Plaza Rojo

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507

505.690.9026

MotoFemina

First Motorcycle

Tracing the Smoke

Rick studied film at Chicago’s Columbia College in the late 1980’s. he continued to develop his skills working in Chicago on productions ranging from no budget independent films to glossy corporate commercials. Rick moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1995 to develop outdoor adventure media projects and to collaborate with the diverse artistic community of Northern New Mexico.

As an early developer of web based media, in 1996 Rick created Nature Break a virtual reality QuickTime VR™ based outdoor adventure series, he also instructed new media classes at the Santa Fe Workshops and In 1999 Rick develop web based audio archives for the Lannan Foundation.

In 1997 Rick started Loft4 Media Studio, and began a seven year relationship with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the lab’s related US government agencies and corporate contractors. Loft4 specialized in producing media content featuring (technology transfer) scientific advancements developed for military purposes that later benefited the private sector. Loft4 worked with leading scientists on projects including early hydrogen fuel cell development for automobiles.

Following the September 11th attacks Rick joined a communication team organized by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA tasked with documenting the rapid development, implementation and testing of dirty bomb detection equipment. In the two and one half years following 9/11, Rick produced and directed video projects with the cooperation and support of all branches of the military, major military contractors and the US intelligence and security agencies.

In 2004 Rick felt a need to expand his geopolitical viewpoint. He exited the classified national security sector and relocated to Cairo, Egypt for five months to direct, “Tracing the Smoke” a documentary exploring Middle Eastern cafe culture. On returning from the Middle East Rick dissolved Loft4 Media Studio, and focused his creativity on a long awaited media project.

Rick started a lifelong relationship with motorcycles at the age of twelve when his grandfather brought home a Honda C50. He currently owns two Ducati motorcycles and lusts for a third. Rick recently designed a custom fabricated video camera motorcycle mounting system to realistically document the motorcyclist’s ridding experience for the production of MotoFemina (A Real Women’s Motorcycle Series) completed in the summer of 2006 for BMW Motorcycles.