Director

Rick Schmidt

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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 0All crew credits: 19

TMDB ID: 1498108

IMDb ID: nm0773168

Known for: Directing

Born: March 4, 1944

Age: 81

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1975 - 2012

Years active: 38

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

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Biography

Rick Schmidt has been creating films since the seventies and "Sticky Wicket" is his 26th feature. His films have been screened in film festivals around the world, including Sundance's Dramatic Competition (Grand Jury Prize nomination), Slamdance, Rotterdam, Berlin International, New Directors/New Films, the Museum of Modern Art (NY), and has received critical praise from top film critics. Schmidt is also the author of "Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices" which is considered "The Bible" of fledgling filmmakers and has been credited with influencing filmmakers Kevin Smith, Vin Diesel, Tom DiCillo and others. His "Extreme DV" (Penguin Books, 2004) is for the digital filmmaker with an improv story. Since 1995 his "Feature "Workshops" have allowed dozens of aspiring filmmakers to make their first feature film, and their "Chetzemoka's Curse" has been certified Dogme #10 by internationally acclaimed Dogme 95 filmmakers Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. In addition, Schmidt's first fiction work, a historical novel entitled "Black President," was released in the UK by Picnic Publishing, 2008.

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