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AJ operating the Ronin / Epic during the ending sequence of Vigilante Diaries

AJ sits in the Panic Room while directing, on set of Compound Fracture.

AJ with writer/producer Nick Vallelonga shortly after the Green Book double Oscar win.

AJ Filming Sc. 38 for Director Phil Silvera and FXITINPOST

Gary Daniels and Anthony J. Rickert-Epstein in Misfire (2014)

AJ Operating Ronin on the set of Star Wars Sc. 38 Reimagined, for director Phil Silvera

AJ with Chuck Leavell and director Allen First

AJ with President Jimmy Carter and director Allen First for an upcoming documentary on Chuck Leavell

AJ DPing a joint advertisement for "Starwood Customs" and "Sprintex Superchargers"

AJ goes over shots with Mario Van Peebles on set of We The Party (2010)

AJ and the Vigilante Diaries team, on set with Michael Madsen

AJ, (center) operating Steadicam about 5 feet from an explosion, during the filming of Dead Drop.

AJ Rickert-Epstein and Christian Sesma go over a shot on set of Vigilante Diaries

AJ filming Snoop Dogg on set of Mario Van Peebles' We The Party

AJ and the Vigilante Diaries team after a super long day on set.  Rampage Jackson, Chavo Guerrero and director Christian Sesma pictured as well.

AJ filming in London for Vigilante Diaries (2015)

AJ on set of LOST TIME Lining up the iconic shot that ultimately ended up as the film's poster image

AJ on set of Lance Armstrong expose', "Cycling High: Doping to Win" for National Geographic channel

AJ sets up a shot on set of The Night Crew

AJ and director Christian Sesma after wrapping Vigilante Diaries

AJ and Jason Mewes on set of Vigilante Diaries

AJ and legendary screenwriter Todd Farmer on the last day of the Compound Fracture film shoot.

AJ on set of The Night Crew making a "gun view" camera rig

AJ at the red carpet premiere of Vigilante Diaries in Yerevan, Armenia (2015)

A.J. Rickert-Epstein On Set of The Night Crew

AJ at the premiere of Compound Fracture, in Columbus, OH

AJ on set of Code of Honor showing the Vigilante Diaries teaser to some Salt Lake City SWAT members who were in the scene.

AJ on set of Proud Real Estate commercial, Farnsworth house, Chicago. Using the Super Techno 50

AJ operating Steadicam on Dead Drop during a foot chase scene with Luke Goss and Nestor Carbonell

AJ filming with Andy Garcia on set of R. Ellis Frazier's Across The Line

AJ filming Code of Honor, in Salt Lake City, UT (April 2015)

Anthony J. Rickert-Epstein (A.J.) was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and has been making films since he was eight years old. He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, graduating at age twenty with a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Film Studies. He often returns to his alma mater to teach and mentor students. During his time attending class at Miami, A.J. created the first active filmmaking organization called the Miami Association of Filmmakers and Independent Actors (M.A.F.I.A.). It is a still-flourishing group committed to the ins and outs of filmmaking and staying up to date with the latest technology.

A.J. also attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Manhattan in 2003, where he learned to work with traditional film stocks, shooting five short films and editing them using razor blades and tape on a Steenbeck editing table. He has subsequently been the main editor for several feature films, some of which have been uncredited.

Today, A.J. is a IATSE 600 cinematographer as well as a seasoned visual effects supervisor and editor. His work can be seen in numerous feature-length films, television shows, music videos, and web series. Most recently he lensed and vfx supervised the smash hit biopic "Salt-N-Pepa", (directed by Mario Van Peebles) in addition to lensing, vfx supervising, and editing the period piece "Songs of Solomon", which was the official 2020 Academy Awards submission by the country of Armenia for best international feature film, best cinematography and best editing. Songs of Solomon will be released theatrically worldwide in 2021.

A.J. is married to photographer Christina Napier. They have three children.

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