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name: "Rick Fichter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rick-fichter"
fi1m_id: "rick-fichter"
imdb_id: "nm0275659"
tmdb_id: 1208332
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:41:14.446746+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."
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# Rick Fichter

## Identity

Rick Fichter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rick-fichter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rick-fichter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0275659
- **TMDB ID:** 1208332
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208332

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Also known as:** Rick T. Fichter, Rick Fichter-Kikugawa, Big Harry Fichter, Little Mary Fichter
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208332

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Top Gun*](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Rick Fichter is a cinematographer and visual effects technician. He has worked on numerous feature films, often contributing to visual effects units or serving as director of photography on smaller productions.

His credits include director of photography for the USFX unit on *Top Gun* (1986), additional photography or effects work on *The Running Man* (1987) and *RoboCop* (1987), and full cinematography on *Society* (1989) and *Bride of Re-Animator* (1990). He has also served as visual effects director of photography on *Starship Troopers* (1997) and held roles at studios including ILM and Boss Film Studios. Fichter received a Saturn Award nomination for best special effects on *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Just Like Heaven* (2005), Camera Operator
- *Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest* (2001), Thanks
- *Starship Troopers* (1997), VFX Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/starship-troopers.md)
- *Alien³* (1992), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Adventures in Dinosaur City* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Bride of Re-Animator* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Society* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Serpent and the Rainbow* (1988), VFX Director of Photography
- *The Running Man* (1987), Additional Photography
- *Top Gun* (1986), Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Amityville 3-D* (1983), Visual Effects
- *SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Additional Photography

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