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Rick Kosick | |
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 Kosick at the Jackass 3D London premiere on November 2, 2010 | |
| Born | May 25, 1967 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. [1] |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, cinematographer |
| Known for | Jackass TV series and movies |
| Website | rickkosickfilms |
Rick Kosick (born May 25, 1967) [1] is an American photographer and cinematographer. He is a crew member, and supporting cast member of the Jackass TV series and the four Jackass movies.
Kosick started out as a freelance photographer for Poweredge and Slap skateboarding magazines and built up fame as a skateboard photographer. His photography also caught the attention of the rock band Deftones who contracted Kosick to shoot the cover art to their album Around the Fur . This cover was voted by Revolver magazine as one of the greatest metal covers ever. [2] Kosick was later approached by the editor of Big Brother to become a photographer and later head photo editor. His work at Big Brother inspired other skate photographers. He also had involvement in the creation of the Big Brother video series. Kosick's likeness was featured on a skateboard for Birdhouse Skateboards on an Andrew Reynolds board. [3]
Following the end of Big Brother, Kosick worked as a freelance photographer until former Big Brother editor Jeff Tremaine approached him for a role in Tremaine's upcoming TV series Jackass . Kosick is often filmed being picked on by other Jackass crew members under the auspices of a legitimate stunt, usually only a ruse set up to tease Kosick. He usually didn't tolerate many of the pranks played against him.
Kosick currently works as a freelance photographer and camera operator. He worked on Wildboyz , Nitro Circus and Rob and Big on MTV and MTV2. Kosick produced, directed, and edited Manny Puig's straight-to-DVD title, Ultimate Predator.
Kosick recently directed an electronic presskit video for the Los Angeles Band HDR and other music videos for Roger Alan Wade, Smut Peddlers, Lil Wyte with Three Six Mafia, House of Broken Promises and Scream for Me.
Kosick was a prominent member of the staff at Jackassworld.com as a content producer, and had his own online show 'jackass world live' (formerly known as The 4:20 Show with Rick Kosick), which also commonly features other staff members including Sean Cliver and Greg Wolf amongst others. The show was supposed to go live on Wednesdays at 4:20 pm PST, but was known for regularly being late (picking up the name 4:20ish Show from community members) and amongst other reasons, was why the show was renamed.
Kosick also worked behind the camera on Raab Himself's Bathroom Break podcast on YouTube.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | shit | Creator Direct-to-video | |
| 1998 | Number Two: Big Brother | Creator Direct-to-video | |
| 1999 | boob | Himself | Director of photography Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | crap | Himself | Director Cinematographer Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video | Additional editor Direct-to-video | |
| 2002 | Jackass: The Movie | Himself | Camera operator |
| 2006 | Ultimate Predator | Director Producer Editor Direct-to-video | |
| 2006 | Jackass Number Two | Himself | Camera operator |
| 2007 | The Man Who Souled the World | Himself | Documentary |
| 2007 | Jackass 2.5 | Himself | Camera operator |
| 2008 | Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel | Himself | Co-producer Camera operator Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Jackass: The Lost Tapes | Himself | Archive footage Camera operator Direct-to-video |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | Himself | Writer Camera operator |
| 2011 | Jackass 3.5 | Himself | Writer Camera operator |
| 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | Himself (outtakes) | Camera operator |
| 2014 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 | Himself | Camera operator |
| 2017 | Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine | Himself | Documentary Additional camera Associate producer |
| 2020 | Steve-O: Gnarly | Himself | Cameo Camera operator Direct-to-video |
| 2021 | Bad Trip | Behind-the-scenes camera operator | |
| 2022 | Jackass Forever | Himself | Writer Camera operator Associate producer |
| 2022 | Jackass 4.5 | Himself | Writer Camera operator Associate producer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000-2001 | Jackass | Himself (18 episodes) | Camera operator |
| 2002 | Jackass Backyard BBQ | Himself | TV special Camera operator |
| 2003-2006 | Wildboyz | Himself (1 episode) | Camera operator |
| 2008 | Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover | Himself | TV special Camera operator |
| 2009 | Nitro Circus | Himself (1 episode) | Additional camera (3 episodes) |
| 2011 | A Tribute to Ryan Dunn | Himself | TV documentary Director of photography |
| 2012 | Punk'd | Camera operator (3 episodes) | |
| 2012-2013 | Loiter Squad | Camera operator (3 episodes) Additional camera (2 episodes) | |
| 2013-2016 | Ridiculousness | Photographer (44 episodes) | |
| 2015 | Swerved | Camera operator (9 episodes) | |
| 2016-2018 | King of the Road | Camera operator (27 episodes) | |
| 2017 | Party Legends | Camera operator (1 episode) | |
| 2022 | Jackass Shark Week 2.0 [4] | TV special Camera operator [5] | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2018-2019 | Bathroom Break Podcast | Himself (1 episode) | Camera operator (29 episodes) |
| 2019-2021 | Jeremiah Wonders... | Himself | Podcast 2 episodes |
| 2019-2021 | The Nine Club | Himself | Podcast 2 episodes |
| 2023 | The Pontius Show | Himself | Podcast 1 episode |
| Year | Artist | Track | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Smut Peddlers | "Let's Get Fucked Up" | Director | |
| 2002 | Andrew W.K. | "We Want Fun" | Camera operator | |
| 2003 | Roger Alan Wade | "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough" | Director | |
| 2006 | Wolfmother | "Joker & the Thief" | Himself | Camera operator |
| 2006 | Chris Pontius | "Karazy" | Camera operator | |
| 2010 | Weezer | "Memories" | Himself | Camera operator |
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