Rick Wise

About Me

I've been shooting and making films for over thirty years, and for the last twenty of those Director of Photography for commercials and high-end corporate productions. I am an experienced traveler in Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Mexico, USA. Fluent in French. I shoot all the formats: 35mm, 16mm, video from HD to mini-DV. (For more about mini-DV, go to tiny123.)

I was born in NYC; BA Dartmouth College (American Letters); taught high school English in Beirut Lebanon; studied film in Paris at l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques; produced, directed, edited and shot documentaries for PBS/KQED 1968-72; freelance Director of Photography 1972 to present; visiting lecturer at St. Mary's College in Moraga ("Film Structure & Film Language"); guest lecturer Academy of Art University/Film Division; and President of the Board, Berkeley Montessori School, September 1993-January 1998