Rick Porras

Rick Porras (born May 7, 1969) is an American producer, notably co-producing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Stanford University, graduating in 1988 with a degree in history.
He had a cameo appearance with Peter Jackson and other crew members in the special extended edition of The Return of the King as a Corsair pirate.
==Filmography==
===As a producer===
*Contact (1997; as associate producer)
*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001; co-producer: WingNut Films)
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002; as co-producer)
*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003; as co-producer)
*Altered Minds (2013; as executive producer)
*Desert Dancer (2014; as executive producer)
*Mi America (2015; as executive producer)
*My Name is Batlir, not Butler (2018; as executive producer)
===As unit director===
*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001; as additional second unit director - uncredited) 
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002; as additional unit director)
*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003; as additional unit director)
===As miscellaneous crew===
*Death Becomes Her (1992; as production associate)
*The Public Eye (1992; as assistant: Mr. Zemeckis - as Richard 'Spike' Porras) 
*Forrest Gump (1994; as archival research coordinator)
===As an actor===
*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - as Corsair of Umbar/Beacon Guard (uncredited)
*King Kong - as Gunner
===As production manager===
*Forrest Gump (1994; as post-production supervisor)
*The Frighteners (1996; as post-production supervisor)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:1969 births
Category:American film producers
Category:Living people