Rick has worked in TV and video production since 1986. His company, BaciPix, produces industrial and broadcast video mainly for nonprofit organizations in the social and environmental justice fields. He’s used the documentary approach to promote groups such as Global Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, Family Violence Prevention Fund, and many others. In 1997 he edited the Emmy Award-winning documentary Sizongena, Coming Home: Vukani Muwethu in South Africa, which aired on public television station KQED San Francisco. Since 1994 he has edited and co-produced the Heritage Month Local Hero underwriter series which has profiled over 200 significant leaders in California’s many diverse communities, and has aired on KQED, KCET Los Angeles, KPBS San Diego, and KVPT Fresno.

Rick began his career at then-CBS-affiliate KPIX San Francisco, where he was a production assistant on several programs--including the AIDS Lifeline public service campaign, which included five national documentaries. He then became unit manager at Westinghouse Broadcasting’s PM Magazine National Office. Rick holds a B.A. in Philosophy and B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, California. He studied for his M.A. in Radio and Television at San Francisco State’s Broadcast Communication Arts Department. He’s a member of Film Arts Foundation, The International Documentary Association, Bay Area Video Coalition, Media Alliance, and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northern California Chapter.

Producer’s Statement

Through A Lot in Common, my first independent feature-length documentary, I want to help get the word out about the importance of neighborhood empowerment, green urban planning, environmentally friendly building techniques, and efforts to create peace starting right at home. The American Community Gardening Association has been a tremendous resource during the research for this project, and plans are well underway for a 13-part TV series on community gardening and related issues. I hope you get to see A Lot in Common. Let me know what you think!