Rick Schmidt

Rick Schmidt has been creating films since the seventies and Sticky Wicket is his 26th feature His films have been screened in film festivals around the world including Sundances Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize nomination Slamdance Rotterdam Berlin International New DirectorsNew Films the Museum of Modern Art NY and has received critical praise from top film critics Schmidt is also the author of Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices which is considered The Bible of fledgling filmmakers and has been credited with influencing filmmakers Kevin Smith Vin Diesel Tom DiCillo and others His Extreme DV Penguin Books 2004 is for the digital filmmaker with an improv story Since 1995 his Feature Workshops have allowed dozens of aspiring filmmakers to make their first feature film and their Chetzemokas Curse has been certified Dogme 10 by internationally acclaimed Dogme 95 filmmakers Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg In addition Schmidts first fiction work a historical novel entitled Black President was released in the UK by Picnic Publishing 2008