Rick Kosick (born May 25, 1967) is an American photographer and cinematographer. He is a crew member, and supporting cast member of the Jackass TV series and the five Jackass movies.
Early career Kosick started out as a freelance photographer for Poweredge and Slap skateboarding magazines and built up fame as a skateboard photographer. His photography also caught the attention of the alternative metal band Deftones who contracted Kosick to shoot the cover art to their album Around the Fur (1997). This cover was voted by Revolver magazine as one of the greatest heavy metal album covers ever.Bennet, J.Revolver. September 2007. Pg. 122 Kosick was later approached by the editor of Big Brother to become a photographer and later head photo editor. His work at Big Brother inspired other skate photographers. He also had involvement in the creation of the Big Brother video series. Kosick's likeness was featured on a skateboard for Birdhouse Skateboards on an Andrew Reynolds board.The End; video by Birdhouse; 2003
Jackass and follow-on projects Following the end of Big Brother, Kosick worked as a freelance photographer until former Big Brother editor Jeff Tremaine approached him for a role in Tremaine's upcoming TV series Jackass. Kosick is often filmed being picked on by other Jackass crew members under the auspices of a legitimate stunt, usually only a ruse set up to tease Kosick. He usually didn't tolerate many of the pranks played against him. He was a camera operator for every single Jackass movie.
Current projects Kosick currently works as a freelance photographer and camera operator. He worked on Wildboyz, Nitro Circus and Rob and Big on MTV and MTV2. Kosick produced, directed, and edited Manny Puig's straight-to-DVD title, Ultimate Predator.
Kosick recently directed an electronic presskit video for the Los Angeles Band HDR and other music videos for Roger Alan Wade, Smut Peddlers, Lil Wyte with Three Six Mafia, House of Broken Promises and Scream for Me.
Kosick was a prominent member of the staff at Jackassworld.com as a content producer, and had his own online show 'jackass world live' (formerly known as The 4:20 Show with Rick Kosick), which also commonly features other staff members including Sean Cliver and Greg Wolf amongst others. The show was supposed to go live on Wednesdays at 4:20 pm PST, but was known for regularly being late (picking up the name 4:20ish Show from community members) and amongst other reasons, was why the show was renamed.
Kosick also worked behind the camera on Raab Himself's Bathroom Break podcast on YouTube.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1996shitCreatorDirect-to-video1998Number Two: Big BrotherCreatorDirect-to-video1999boobHimselfDirector of photographyDirect-to-video2001crapHimselfDirectorCinematographerDirect-to-video2001Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O VideoAdditional editorDirect-to-video2002Jackass: The MovieHimselfCamera operator2006Ultimate PredatorDirectorProducerEditorDirect-to-video2006Jackass Number TwoHimselfCamera operator2007The Man Who Souled the WorldHimselfDocumentary2007Jackass 2.5HimselfCamera operator2008Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel KnievelHimselfCo-producerCamera operatorDirect-to-video2009Jackass: The Lost TapesHimselfArchive footageCamera operatorDirect-to-video2010Jackass 3DHimselfWriterCamera operator2011Jackass 3.5HimselfWriterCamera operator2013Jackass Presents: Bad GrandpaHimself (outtakes)Camera operator2014Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5HimselfCamera operator2017Dumb: The Story of Big Brother MagazineHimselfDocumentaryAdditional cameraAssociate producer2020Steve-O: GnarlyHimselfCameoCamera operatorDirect-to-video2021Bad TripBehind-the-scenes camera operator2022Jackass ForeverHimselfWriterCamera operatorAssociate producer2022Jackass 4.5HimselfWriterCamera operatorAssociate producer2026Jackass: Best and LastHimselfWriterCamera operatorAssociate producer
Television Year Title Role Notes2000-2001JackassHimself (18 episodes)Camera operator2002Jackass Backyard BBQHimselfTV specialCamera operator2003-2006WildboyzHimself (4 episodes)Camera operator2008Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour TakeoverHimselfTV specialCamera operator2009Steve-O: Demise and RiseTV documentaryCamera operator2009Nitro CircusHimself (1 episode)Additional camera (3 episodes)2011A Tribute to Ryan DunnHimselfTV documentaryDirector of photography2012Punk'dCamera operator (3 episodes)2012-2013Loiter SquadCamera operator (3 episodes)Additional camera (2 episodes)2013-2016RidiculousnessPhotographer (44 episodes)2015SwervedCamera operator (9 episodes)2016-2018King of the RoadCamera operator (27 episodes)2017Party LegendsCamera operator (1 episode)2022Jackass Shark Week 2.0TV specialCamera operator
Web series Year Title Role Notes2018-2019Bathroom Break PodcastHimself (1 episode)Camera operator (29 episodes)2019-2021Jeremiah Wonders...HimselfGuestPodcast2 episodes2019-2021The Nine ClubHimselfGuestPodcast2 episodes2023The Pontius ShowHimselfGuestPodcast1 episode2026Jackass: The PodcastHimselfGuest2 episodes2026Let It Kill You: Jeff TremaineHimselfDocumentary
Music videos Year Artist Track Role Notes2001Smut Peddlers"Let's Get Fucked Up"Director2002Andrew W.K."We Want Fun"Camera operator2003Roger Alan Wade"If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough"Director2006Wolfmother"Joker & the Thief"HimselfCamera operator2006Chris Pontius"Karazy"Camera operator2010Weezer"Memories"HimselfCamera operator
References
External links
Official website