Rick Minnich

Rick Minnich is an American independent filmmaker based in Berlin, Germany. He holds a B.A. in English from Columbia University and an MFA equivalent in film directing from the Film University Babelsberg "Konrad Wolf" in Germany. Rick Minnich has been writing, directing and producing shorts and feature documentaries since 1993 through his companies Rickfilms and Our Man in Berlin and in association with various German, European, and North American broadcasters, film funds, and production companies. His award-winning films include: "The Book of Lenins" (24 min., 1996), "Heaven on Earth" (50 min., 2001, IDFA, Fipa d'Or Biarritz), "Homemade Hillbilly Jam" (80 min, 2005, Premiere at HotDocs, closing night film True/False 2006, distributed by First Run Features), "Forgetting Dad" (84 min, 2008, Premiere: IDFA - Special Jury Award, True/False, Full Frame, Hot Docs, Grand Jury Prize at GZ DOC in Guangzhou, China, Shortlisted for the German Film Award 'Lola' - German Oscar), "The Bomb Hunters" (52 min., 2015), "The Strait Guys" (99 min., 2022). Currently he is working on the feature documentary "The Presidents' Tailor" about the Holocaust survivor and presidential tailor Martin Greenfield.