Rick Rowley

Rick Rowley

DirectorCinematographerProducerWriterCrew 1999–2026 (27 year career)

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Biography

Richard (Rick) Rowley is a documentary filmmaker. His films and TV shows have received three Emmy awards, an Oscar nomination, and other awards and nominations, as well as recognition at film festivals around the world. Rowley's Oscar-nominated feature Dirty Wars was the culmination of ten years as a war reporter in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the lesser-known battlegrounds of the US war on terror. Since then, Rowley has turned his lens on racial injustice in the US. His 2019 feature for Showtime, 1…

Known For

Where to Invade Next

Where to Invade Next

Director of Photography

Dirty Wars

Dirty Wars

Director

Kingdom of Silence

Kingdom of Silence

Director

Years of Living Dangerously

Years of Living Dangerously

Camera Technician

16 Shots

16 Shots

Cinematography

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Director

Zapatista

Zapatista

Director

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Director

Filmography

Crew (36)

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Movies (35)

Hell's Army

Hell's Army

Director

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Director

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Director of Photography

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Executive Producer

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Critical Incident: Death at the Border

Writer

Michael Flynn's Holy War

Michael Flynn's Holy War

Director

Plot to Overturn the Election

Plot to Overturn the Election

Director of Photography

American Insurrection

American Insurrection

Director

American Insurrection

American Insurrection

Director of Photography

American Insurrection

American Insurrection

Writer

Kingdom of Silence

Kingdom of Silence

Director

Rejectors

Rejectors

Director of Photography

Documenting Hate: Charlottesville

Documenting Hate: Charlottesville

Director

16 Shots

16 Shots

Cinematography

16 Shots

16 Shots

Director

16 Shots

16 Shots

Writer

Documenting Hate: New American Nazis

Documenting Hate: New American Nazis

Director

American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government

American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government

Director

Where to Invade Next

Where to Invade Next

Director of Photography

Dirty Wars

Dirty Wars

Director

Big Noise Dispatches: Vol. 06

Big Noise Dispatches: Vol. 06

Cinematography

Big Noise Dispatches: Vol. 06

Big Noise Dispatches: Vol. 06

Producer

The War of 33: Letters from Beirut

The War of 33: Letters from Beirut

Director

Deserter

Deserter

Cinematography

Deserter

Deserter

Director

I Know I’m Not Alone

Cinematography

The Fourth World War

The Fourth World War

Director

The Fourth World War

The Fourth World War

Producer

Black & Gold

Black & Gold

Director

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Director

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Editor

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Producer

Zapatista

Zapatista

Director

Zapatista

Zapatista

Director of Photography

Zapatista

Zapatista

Producer

Television (1)

Years of Living Dangerously

Years of Living Dangerously

Camera Technician