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Rik Zak

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Rik Zak
Rik Zak (born August 4, 1951) is a writer and independent filmmaker. He was born in Canada. He studied design and advertising at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. In 1976 he and his wife Rita moved to New York City to study advertising, design and illustration at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City with Richard Wilde, Milton Glaser, Ron Travisano and Marshall Arisman. He then worked in Manhattan for years as a Creative Director at Schroeder Inc., a New York content and brand development agency with clients worldwide. In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Rik met Shaolin kung fu Master Woo Chai Meng and began his decades-long journey as one of his senior disciples. Rik is also a Professor Emeritus at the Alberta University of the Arts and a self-taught filmmaker. He studied with John Truby and has Certificates of Excellence in the Truby Screenwriting Program and Philosophy in Story Programs.
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On set at "Juliet" film shoot.
Zero music video shoot - the Canadian Badlands, Drumheller.
Zero music video shoot - the Canadian Badlands, Drumheller.
JULIET shoot
Zero Music video shoot - Drumheller, Badlands, Sept. 2018
On set for "Juliet" film shoot.
Juliet Narrative Music Video
Rik Zak
Zero Music film.
Rik Zak
Rik Zak
Rik Zak

Known for

Grandmasters of Mayhem: Johnny Claws of Death (2016)
Grandmasters of Mayhem: Johnny Claws of Death
Short
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2016
Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyssey (2019)
Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyssey
  • Director
  • 2019
Juliet (2020)
Juliet
Video
  • Director
  • 2020

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Director

  • Juliet (2020)
    Juliet
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2020
  • Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyssey (2019)
    Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyssey
    • Director
    • 2019
  • Grandmasters of Mayhem: Johnny Claws of Death (2016)
    Grandmasters of Mayhem: Johnny Claws of Death
    • Director (directed by)
    • Short
    • 2016

Writer

  • Juliet (2020)
    Juliet
    • writer
    • Video
    • 2020
  • Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyssey (2019)
    Dragonmasters: A Cultural Odyssey
    • writer
    • 2019
  • Grandmasters of Mayhem: Johnny Claws of Death (2016)
    Grandmasters of Mayhem: Johnny Claws of Death
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2016

Cinematographer

  • Grandmasters of Mayhem: Johnny Claws of Death (2016)
    Grandmasters of Mayhem: Johnny Claws of Death
    • Cinematographer (cinematography)
    • Short
    • 2016

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