About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1998-08-28
Place of birth:
Christchurch, New Zealand
Website:
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Ricky Townsend

Overview

Ricky Townsend is a filmmaker from Ōtautahi with a BFA Hons in Film from Ilam School of Fine Arts. Paired with a background in theatre, Ricky works in many areas of production such as directing, writing and editing. As an autistic filmmaker, he uses filmmaking to understand the world and express his feelings to others. Exploring stories through the eyes and thinking of neurodivergent voices is an important part of Ricky’s process as an artist and storyteller.

Ricky’s recent independent feature film The Bostrom Scenario has been screening in genre festivals around the world including the 49th Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, Gen Con Film Festival and Galacticat. His film also won Best Sci-Fi Thriller at the Miami Sci-Fi Film Festival. Ricky's short film Wilbert Wire, was commissioned by Day One Shorts in Aotearoa; funded by NZ on Air, Whakaata Māori, Te Māngai Pāho and RNZ.

Ricky's other short films have screened at Sydney Indie Film Festival and Top of the South Film Festival in Aotearoa.

Known for

Acting
2024 The Bostrom Scenario Actor Samuel the Vagabond N/A
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2024 What We Leave Behind Actor Sam 58
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2019 Tremble Actor Loiterer One N/A
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2019 Truth.exe Actor Annoyed Model N/A
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Heads Or Tails? Actor Greg N/A
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Directing
2024 Plato Directing Director N/A
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2024 Wilbert Wire Directing Director N/A
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2024 The Bostrom Scenario Directing Director N/A
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2019 Mr. Savant Directing Director N/A
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2019 Tremble Directing Director N/A
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2019 Truth.exe Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Plato Writing Writer N/A
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2024 Wilbert Wire Writing Writer N/A
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2024 The Bostrom Scenario Writing Writer N/A
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2019 Mr. Savant Writing Writer N/A
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2019 Tremble Writing Writer N/A
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2019 Truth.exe Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2019 Mr. Savant Production Producer N/A
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2019 Tremble Production Producer N/A
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2019 Truth.exe Production Producer N/A
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Sound
2019 Mr. Savant Sound Sound Mixer N/A
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Camera
2019 Mr. Savant Camera Camera Operator N/A
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Crew
2019 Tremble Crew Cinematography N/A
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2019 Tremble Crew Special Effects N/A
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2019 Truth.exe Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2019 Mr. Savant Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Tremble Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Truth.exe Editing Editor N/A
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