Anthony J. Rickert-Epstein

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1984-09-28 (40 years old)

Place of Birth Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Also Known As J. Rickert-Epstein, A.J. Rickert-Epstein

Anthony J. Rickert-Epstein

Biography

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.

Known For

Camera

2024
Lights Out

as Director of Photography

2024
Lights Out

as "A" Camera Operator

2022
Section 8

as Director of Photography

2022
Incarnation

as Director of Photography

2021
Take Back

as Director of Photography

2021
Karen

as Director of Photography

2021
Wrong Turn

as "B" Camera Operator

2021
Every Last One of Them

as Director of Photography

2020
Songs of Solomon

as Director of Photography

2018
Armed

as Director of Photography

2017
Doomsday Device

as Director of Photography

2016
Code of Honor

as Director of Photography

2016
Vigilante Diaries

as Director of Photography

2016
Mind Blown

as Director of Photography

2015
The Night Crew

as Director of Photography

2014
Revenge of the Bimbot Zombie Killers

as Director of Photography

2014
Misfire

as Director of Photography

2014
Live Nude Girls

as Director of Photography

2013
Dead Drop

as Director of Photography

2010

Visual Effects

2022
Section 8

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2022
Incarnation

as Visual Effects

2021
Take Back

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2021
Every Last One of Them

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2020
Paydirt

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2017
Dead Body

as Visual Effects

2017
Death Race 2050

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2016
Code of Honor

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2016
Vigilante Diaries

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2015
Blunt Force Trauma

as Visual Effects

2015
Hangman

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2013
Dead Drop

as Visual Effects Supervisor

Crew

The Mob Priest

as Cinematography

2017
Dead Body

as Cinematography

2013
Night Riders

as Cinematography

2012
We the Party

as Cinematography

2010
2009
Dark and Stormy Night

as Cinematography

Editor

Actor

2015
2014
Misfire

as Weyland

Director

2013
Compound Fracture

as Director