RIC WAITE
Director of Photography
Ric started his professional career in New York City where he owned and operated a photography studio employing some seven assistants. He shot fashion and advertising illustration for such magazines as G.Q.; Vogue: Glamour; Seventeen; Playboy and for such advertising clients as Jaguar; Bigelow Carpets; DuPont; Royal Crown Cola; Hanes Stockings among others.
In 1970 Ric moved to Los Angeles and entered the Motion Picture Industry as a cinematographer. Intially shooting television series such as Emergency, Police Story, and City of Angels, he quickly moved into Movie of the Week's shooting some forty titles in a period of five years, garnering four Emmy nominations and winning the Emmy Award in 1976 for Captains and the Kings.
In 1979 he got his major break with Walter Hill shooting The Long Riders. Critically acclaimed, the notoriety kept him busy shooting feature films for the next fifteen years. Among these films are The Border, 48 Hours, Uncommon Valor, Footloose, Red Dawn, Brewster's Millions, Cobra, Adventures in Babysitting, The Great Outdoors, Marked for Death, Out for Justice, Rapid Fire, and On Deadly Ground.
In 2002 Ric and his wife moved to the Denver area where he has taught cinematography and lighting at the Colorado Film School and partnered with Asgard Entertainment to produce and create feature films.
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