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Richard Trus

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Richard Trus is a film and television producer, writer, director and visual fx producer/supervisor known for some of the biggest sci-fi television series in Vancouver. A science-fiction fan as a child, Rick founded several Visual FX companies in Vancouver, and was the Visual FX producer for Canada's Largest visual fx and post production studio - Northwest Imaging and FX. At Northwest Imaging and FX Richard was responsible for the post production and visual fx for many series including Fox, MGM and paramount tv series including The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Andromeda, Stargate

Richard has been involved in comedy for over 20 years and performed at Yuk Yuk's, the Improv and was selected for the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal in 2003 for his comedy series - Hickory TV.

The Early Years

Rick Trus has been writing and directing since high school and worked on the John Travolta feature film "The Experts" which was filmed at Rick's High School Niagara District Secondary School.

While attending Brock University Rick Trus produced and directed a weekly television series Brock Television BTV for 39 x half hour episodes.
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    Known for

    Brock TV - BTV
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Nick Stahl, Katie Holmes, and James Marsden in Comportements troublants (1998)
    Comportements troublants
    5.7
    • Visual Effects
    • 1998
    Final Fantasy : Les Créatures de l'esprit (2001)
    Final Fantasy : Les Créatures de l'esprit
    6.4
    • Animation Department
    • 2001
    Over the Rainbow
    TV Series
    • Writer

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Emma Roberts in Spymate (2006)
      Spymate
      4.0
      • facility manager / vfx supervisor
      • 2006
    • Riding the Bullet (2004)
      Riding the Bullet
      5.2
      • facility manager / vfx supervisor
      • 2004
    • Dead Like Me (2003)
      Dead Like Me
      8.1
      TV Series
      • facility manager / vfx supervisor
      • 2003
    • Les aventuriers des mondes fantastiques (2003)
      Les aventuriers des mondes fantastiques
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • facility manager / vfx supervisor
      • 2003
    • Bridget Fonda in La reine des neiges (2002)
      La reine des neiges
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • facilities producer
      • 2002
    • Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in Jeremiah (2002)
      Jeremiah
      7.0
      TV Series
      • facility manager: visual effects
      • 2002
    • Elise Neal, Ashley Monique Clark, Dee Jay Daniels, Marietta DePrima, John Henton, D.L. Hughley, and Eric Allan Kramer in The Hughleys (1998)
      The Hughleys
      6.1
      TV Series
      • facility manager / vfx supervisor
      • 1999–2002
    • Kevin Sorbo, Laura Bertram, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, and Gordon Michael Woolvett in Andromeda (2000)
      Andromeda
      6.6
      TV Series
      • facility visual effects supervisor
      • 2000–2002
    • Jessica Alba in Dark Angel (2000)
      Dark Angel
      7.4
      TV Series
      • facility manager / vfx supervisor
      • 2001–2002
    • Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
      Stargate SG-1
      8.4
      TV Series
      • facility manager / vfx supervisor
      • facility manager
      • 1999–2002
    • Special Unit 2 (2001)
      Special Unit 2
      7.5
      TV Series
      • facilities producer
      • 2001–2002
    • Au-delà du réel - l'aventure continue (1995)
      Au-delà du réel - l'aventure continue
      7.7
      TV Series
      • facility visual effects supervisor
      • 1998–2002
    • Kelly Brook, A.J. Cook, and Ryan Northcott in Ripper (2001)
      Ripper
      4.6
      • facility manager: visual effects
      • 2001
    • Lorenzo Lamas in L'invincible (2000)
      L'invincible
      4.5
      TV Series
      • vfx department manager
      • 2000–2001
    • Mindstorm (2001)
      Mindstorm
      3.8
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2001

    Editorial Department



    • On the Corner (2003)
      On the Corner
      6.9
      • facility post producer
      • 2003
    • Les aventuriers des mondes fantastiques (2003)
      Les aventuriers des mondes fantastiques
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • facility post producer
      • 2003
    • Ghost Towns of Canada
      6.5
      TV Series
      • facility post producer
      • 2002
    • Weird Weddings
      TV Series
      • facility post producer (2002)
      • 2002
    • William Shatner in Cosmic Odyssey (2002)
      Cosmic Odyssey
      7.9
      TV Series
      • facility post producer (2002)
      • 2002
    • Theresa Russell, Sean Young, and James Russo in The House Next Door (2002)
      The House Next Door
      4.4
      • facility post producer
      • 2002
    • Rae Dawn Chong and Adrian Pasdar in Les chemins de l'étrange (2000)
      Les chemins de l'étrange
      7.8
      TV Series
      • facility post producer
      • 2000–2001
    • Mindstorm (2001)
      Mindstorm
      3.8
      • facility post producer
      • 2001
    • Desert Mummies of Peru
      TV Movie
      • facility post producer
      • 2000
    • Weird Wheels (2000)
      Weird Wheels
      TV Series
      • facility post producer (2000)
      • 2000
    • Ed, Edd et Eddy (1999)
      Ed, Edd et Eddy
      7.4
      TV Series
      • facility post producer
      • 1999–2000
    • Meat Loaf and Kristin Davis in Blacktop (2000)
      Blacktop
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • facility post producer (uncredited)
      • 2000
    • Caitlin, Montana (2000)
      Caitlin, Montana
      7.5
      TV Series
      • facility post producer
      • 2000
    • The Dinosaur Hunter (2000)
      The Dinosaur Hunter
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • facility post producer
      • 2000
    • Hope Island (1999)
      Hope Island
      7.5
      TV Series
      • facility post producer
      • 1999–2000

    Writer



    • Over the Rainbow
      • writer
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • Sub Zero One
      • Writer
      • In Development
    • Too Much
      • Writer
      • In Development
    • Hickory TV
      • writer
      • TV Series



    • Cochrane
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2012–2013
    • Heavy Country
      • co-writer
      • 1997
    • Canadian Film Scene
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 1995
    • Brock TV - BTV
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1989–1990
    • The Substitute
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1987

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