Ric Birch

Ric Birch

Birth : 1945-01-01, Sydney, Australia

History

Ric Birch, born 1945 in Sydney, Australia. Former Rock TV producer and director. He started his career studying Law, but his lifetime profession took him down a different path. His career includes: Executive Director behind the Opening and Closing ceremonies for the Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games; Director of Entertainment at World Expo 88 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, during the Australian Bicentenary year; Director of Production for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games; Executive Producer for the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games; Executive Producer and Director of Ceremonies for the Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Profile

Ric Birch

Movies

Sydney 2000 Olympics Closing Ceremony
Sydney 2000 Olympics Closing Ceremony
Executive Producer
The 2000 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony took place on 1 October 2000 in Stadium Australia. The Closing Ceremony attracted 114,714 people, the largest attendance in modern Olympic Games history. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared that the 2000 Olympic games were best Olympic Games ever.
Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony
Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony
Executive Producer
Coverage of the glorious Olympic Opening Ceremony of the Games in Sydney. The opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympic games took place on Friday 15 September in Stadium Australia. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal and ceremonial opening of this international sporting event, including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation's culture and history.