---
name: "Rick Bota"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rick-bota"
fi1m_id: "rick-bota"
imdb_id: "nm0098400"
tmdb_id: 58209
wikidata_id: "Q1644442"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T04:05:47.775333+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."
---

# Rick Bota

## Identity

Rick Bota

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rick-bota
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rick-bota
- **IMDb ID:** nm0098400
- **TMDB ID:** 58209
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1644442
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1644442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098400/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58209

Director. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1999–2011
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Brett Matthews](https://film.one/person/brett-matthews-28250.md), [Charles Beeson](https://film.one/person/charles-beeson.md), [Darnell Martin](https://film.one/person/darnell-martin.md), [David Barrett](https://film.one/person/david-barrett.md), [David Jackson](https://film.one/person/david-jackson.md), [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md), [Jan Eliasberg](https://film.one/person/jan-eliasberg.md), [Jeff Woolnough](https://film.one/person/jeff-woolnough.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 74 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1644442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098400/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58209

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86), [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)
- **Peacock:** [*Supernatural*](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Rick Bota is a cinematographer and director. He began his career as a cinematographer, working on the HBO series *Tales from the Crypt* (1991–1995) for which he received a CableACE Award for Best Cinematography in 1994 and an ASC nomination. His other cinematography credits include *Barb Wire* (1996), *House on Haunted Hill* (1999) and episodes of *The West Wing* (2000).

Bota has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *Supernatural* (2005), *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), *Haven* (2010–2015), *Unforgettable* (2011–2014), *Beauty and the Beast* (2012–2013) and *Between* (2016). He also directed the straight-to-video *Hellraiser* films *Hellseeker* (2002), *Deader* (2005) and *Hellworld* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com, cinema.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Supernatural* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Mr. Write* (2016), Director
- *Secret Summer* (2016), Director
- *Damaged* (2015), Director
- *Happy Face Killer* (2014), Director
- *Love Me* (2013), Director
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2012), series, Director
- *The Killing Game* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, Director
- *Haven* (2010), series, Director
- *Life Unexpected* (2010), series, Director, Director of Photography
- *Three Rivers* (2009), series, Director
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Harper's Island* (2009), series, Director
- *Raising the Bar* (2008), series, Director
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Hellraiser: Hellworld* (2005), Director
- *Hellraiser: Deader* (2005), Director
- *Hellraiser: Hellseeker* (2002), Director
- *Impostor* (2001), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Valentine* (2001), Director of Photography
- *House on Haunted Hill* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *L.A. Doctors* (1998), series, Director
- *Kiss the Girls* (1997), Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director
- *Mimic* (1997), Second Unit Director
- *Perversions of Science* (1997), series, Director of Photography
- *The Glimmer Man* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Barb Wire* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Babysitter* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Companion* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Jack Reed: Badge of Honor* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Final Embrace* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Deadly Medicine* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Weekend at Bernie's* (1989), Camera Operator
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director of Photography

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