Rick Porras

Rick Porras
File:Rick Porras.jpg Rick Porras on the set of Lord of the Rings
Born	(1969-05-07) May 7, 1969 US

Rick Porras (born May 7, 1969) is an American producer, notably co-producing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Stanford University, graduating in 1988 with a degree in History.

He had a cameo appearance with Peter Jackson and other crew members in the special extended edition of The Return of the King as a Corsair pirate.

Filmography

Producer

• Cártel, El (2006): Executive producer
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): Co-producer
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002): Co-producer
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): Co-producer
• Contact (1997): Associate producer

Miscellaneous crew

• Big Dreams Little Tokyo (2006): Special thanks
• No Fate But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects (2003): Special thanks
• Forrest Gump (1994): Archival Research Coordinator
• The Public Eye (1992): assistant to Robert Zemeckis
• Death Becomes Her (1992): Production associate

Production manager

• The Frighteners (1996): Post-production supervisor
• Forrest Gump (1992): Post-production supervisor

Second unit director

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): Additional second-unit director

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Actor

• King Kong (2005): Gunner
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): Eldacar
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002): Gollums Stand-in

External links

• Rick Porras at the Internet Movie Database