Rick began his career as an assistant director, working on notable films such as Terrence Malick's Days Of Heaven, the original Superman, and Robert Altman's Buffalo Bill And The Indians.
After graduating from The American Film Institute, Rick pursued a career as a writer and producer, writing over one hundred hours of television for popular series including MacGyver, Goosebumps, Mutant X, Twilight Zone, PSI Factor, Lonesome Dove, The Immortal, and Road To Avonlea, for which his episode, 'Incident at Vernon River', earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.
Rick has developed five series for television for prominent networks and production companies, including Universal Television, Warner Brothers International, Ivan Reitman Productions, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is currently working on a one-hour police drama for Global Television.
As a producer, Rick has worked on several films, including Life In A Day for Paramount Television, Meltdown and Combustion for the Sci-Fi Channel, Tell Me No Lies for the Lifetime Network, and Inhabited, starring Malcolm McDowell.
In addition to teaching screenwriting at the Vancouver Film School, Rick has contributed articles on screenwriting and filmmaking to international publications. He has also had the opportunity to interview renowned industry professionals, including Stephen King, William Goldman, Robert Altman, Ted Tally, John August, Jason Reitman, John Landis, Joe Dante, Joel Schumacher, Guillermo del Toro, John Logan, and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz.