Rick Rifici

Movies

Facing Monsters
Director of Photography
Kerby Brown made headlines in 2008 when he surfed a 40-foot wave: The ride of a lifetime. He's been chasing that thrill ever since. Facing Monsters follows Kerby and his brother Cortney into the furious power of the ocean
The Furnace
Camera Operator
To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.
Skin Deep
Director of Photography
In Skin Deep, Palmateer explores her own interpretation of what it means to be free. By stripping down and riding waves in remote and idyllic locations, she undertakes a journey towards uninhibited self-expression.
Storm Boy
Underwater Director of Photography
Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn.
Nobody's Child
Cinematography
Lolly has always searched for her father who abandoned her and her sister DeDe, believing that finding him will right all wrongs. Her quest leads her into an adult world, which it seems, is no place for a child. The answers Lolly seeks are secreted in the unspoken past. As the doors close on her efforts, Lolly is faced with the harshest of realities. Nobody’s Child is a coming of age story about a young girl searching for her identity.
Cop It
Director
For all of its full-rotations and grim ledges towed into by James Catto, Cop It will be forever remembered for the Rusty team miming Chromeo's Needy Girl in the credits. Wearing white sailor suits. So butch!
Trick or Treat
Director
Trick or Treat is a surfing video that will launch you into the millennium. We specify the word launch due to its amazing footage of extreme surfers doing some extreme aerial surfing.Trick or Treat takes you, the audience, through all corners of the globe. You will witness an array of Trick surfing and we will Treat you to some perfect waves from locations like California, West Oz, Islands in the Pacific and Tahiti.Watch Taj Burrow, James Catto, Jake Patterson, Kelly Slater, The Irons.