Anthony J. Rickert-Epstein

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Anthony J. Rickert-Epstein (A.J.) was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has been making films since he was eight years old. He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, graduating at age twenty with a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Film Studies. He often returns to his alma mater to teach and mentor students. During his time attending class at Miami, A.J. created the first active filmmaking organization called the Miami Association of Filmmakers and Independent Actors (M.A.F.I.A.). It is a still-flourishing group committed to the ins and outs of filmmaking and staying up to date with the latest technology. A.J. also attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Manhattan in 2003, where he learned to work with traditional film stocks, shooting five short films and editing them using razor blades and tape on a Steenbeck editing table. He has subsequently been the main editor for several feature films, some of which have been uncredited. Today, A.J. is an IATSE 600 cinematographer as well as a seasoned visual effects supervisor and editor. His work can be seen in numerous feature-length films, television shows, music videos, and web series. Most recently he lensed and VFX supervised the smash hit biopic "Salt-N-Pepa", (directed by Mario Van Peebles) in addition to lensing, VFX supervising, and editing the period piece "Songs of Solomon", which was the official 2020 Academy Awards submission by the country of Armenia for best international feature film, best cinematography, and best editing. Songs of Solomon will be released theatrically worldwide in 2021. A.J. is married to photographer Christina Napier. They have three children.

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2025
Parasomnia
Movie Visual Effects
2024
Lights Out
Movie Director of Photography
2022
Section 8
Movie Director of Photography
2022
Incarnation
Movie Director of Photography
2021
Every Last One of Them
Movie Director of Photography
2021
45 Days: The Fight for a Nation
Movie Editor
2021
Karen
Movie Director of Photography
2021
Take Back
Movie Director of Photography
2021
Wrong Turn
Movie "B" Camera Operator
2020
Songs of Solomon
Movie Director of Photography
2020
Paydirt
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
2018
Armed
Movie Director of Photography
2018
Not a Stranger
Movie Director of Photography
2017
Superstition
TV show Director of Photography
2017
Dead Body
Movie Visual Effects
2017
Doomsday Device
Movie Director of Photography

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2017
Death Race 2050
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
2016
Mind Blown
Movie Director of Photography
2016
Vigilante Diaries
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
2016
Code of Honor
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
2015
Blunt Force Trauma
Movie Visual Effects
2015
The Night Crew
Movie A.J.
2015
Hangman
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
2014
Revenge of the Bimbot Zombie Killers
Movie Director of Photography
2014
Misfire
Movie Weyland
2014
Live Nude Girls
Movie Director of Photography
2013
Dead Drop
Movie Director of Photography
2013
Compound Fracture
Movie Director
2013
Night Riders
Movie Cinematography
2012
Junk
Movie Director of Photography
2012
We the Party
Movie Cinematography
2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Movie Director of Photography
2010
The Lost Skeleton Returns Again
Movie Director of Photography
2009
Dark and Stormy Night
Movie Director of Photography
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The Mob Priest
Movie Cinematography