Rick Rocha is a Brazilian director, writer, choreographer and actor based in New York City. He is an alumnus of both Laguardia High School’s Drama Department and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre’s acting program. Following graduation, Rick quickly got into filmmaking and debuted his first project, Solipsism, at The Anthology Film Archives in 2019. Soon after, he directed the pilot for Parallax, an experimental comedy series. Rick has since directed numerous other short films including Brief Story, The Snag Trilogy, Eldorado. Rick spearheaded a special Adidas promotion called Fire Finder starring Julia Fox and Lucien Smith. He has also appeared as an actor in plays such as India Kotis’ The Tangibles (2017), Bitches (2019) and Dempsey Bryk’s Fail to Prepare (2021). He recently appeared and wrote Stallions (2023), a comedy where he shared the stage with Conlan Kisilewicz at the Slipper Room in New York. He also co-wrote; the play TEETH which debuted at the Zephyr theater in 2023, which he directed. He recently appeared in Crystal Moselle’s The Black Sea (2024).