---
name: "Ric Kidney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ric-kidney"
fi1m_id: "ric-kidney"
imdb_id: "nm0452305"
tmdb_id: 49831
wikidata_id: "Q2148577"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "31 December 1935"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:45:29.218747+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ric Kidney

## Identity

Ric Kidney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ric-kidney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ric-kidney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0452305
- **TMDB ID:** 49831
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2148577
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2148577, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49831

Producer. Born 31 December 1935.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 31 December 1935
- **Active:** 1988–2001
- **Also known as:** Richard J. Kidney
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2148577, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49831

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Legally Blonde*](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ric Kidney is an American film producer and former assistant director. He began his career in industrial films and television before moving to Los Angeles in 1980 to work as an assistant director on features including *Angel Heart* (1987) and *Bull Durham* (1988). He transitioned into production in the late 1980s.

Kidney has produced or served as executive producer on numerous films, including *Legally Blonde* (2001), on which he is also credited as unit production manager, *Shooter* (2007), *Four Brothers* (2005) and *Salt* (2010). He has frequently collaborated on action and thriller projects as executive producer or unit production manager.

His wife, Shelly Kidney, has also worked in film production.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, mcall.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Fi1m 78, Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Bull Durham* (1988), Fi1m 83, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *xXx: Return of Xander Cage* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Last Witch Hunter* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Total Recall* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Salt* (2010), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Imagine That* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Shooter* (2007), Producer
- *Four Brothers* (2005), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Flight of the Phoenix* (2004), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Rundown* (2003), Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
- *The Recruit* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Life or Something Like It* (2002), Executive Producer
- *D-Tox* (2002), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)
- *Mercury Rising* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Chamber* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Fear* (1996), Producer, Second Unit Director
- *A Simple Twist of Fate* (1994), Producer
- *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Other People's Money* (1991), as Richardson · Producer
- *After Dark, My Sweet* (1990), Producer
- *Dad* (1989), Co-Producer
- *Bull Durham* (1988), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)
- *Angel Heart* (1987), First Assistant Director
- *At Close Range* (1986), First Assistant Director
- *Sweet Dreams* (1985), as TV Technician (as Richard J. Kidney) · Second Assistant Director
- *Adam* (1983), Second Assistant Director
- *Leon's Case* (1982), Grip

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