Rick Thompson, DCS
Director/Director of Photography/ Collaborator

Rick demands a lot from himself and the projects that he works on.  Yet, you’d be hard pressed to find a more accommodating DP, whether it’s another line read or an entirely new set up.  If the project needs it, he’ll make it so.

And forget trying to boil him down to a single style or kind of shoot.  Rick brings experience from the ad agency TV commercial arena as well as the national TV documentary industry, working with 60 Minutes, Frontline, History Channel, Discovery and National Geographic.  He finds that one experience feeds off the other. The demands of documentary production make him faster in the studio and the quality and values of commercial production show in his documentary and corporate communications work.

He shoots from the shoulder, the hip, a jib, crane or dolly.  In studios or on location.  From the air or underground.  He shoots 30-second stories or two hour retrospectives.  Scripts or reality.  National celebrities, district sales managers, governors or the guy next door.

With Rick's background in editing, he always shoots with editorial design in mind.  He knows what to stick into the dailies to make sure the editor has all the parts and pieces to deliver creative options in the edit room.  While it may seem unusual to some that a DP is also an editor, it's a labor of love for Rick.  When you think about it, who better to help with crafting your story than the person who shot it. 

Clients remember Rick, not only because he always delivers a quality product on time and on budget, but because he believes that relationships aren’t formed around single-sentence personalities.  They’re built on respect, appreciation and friendship.