This is where you’ll learn about me, Dik Pose!*

*My family calls me Richard, you can too, I make exceptions, but when I hear my proper name from co-workers’ mouths it makes me feel anxious, as if I did something wrong and I am about to be punished. My friends’ kids call me Dikki or use the full name “Dik Pose”, it’s endearing!

I have worked in animation since 2004 and have done just about every job in a studio. My strengths are story, storyboarding, directing, comedy, listening, and keeping the crew morale up. Working on “story” is the my favorite thing! The psychology of a story, a character, a scene… those thoughts and that puzzle is a huge draw for me.

The last project I worked on was co-directing on the “Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!” .. who knows if my first directing credit will see the light of day (it finally has seen the light of day!), but I know it was a blast working with the other co-director and our supervising director, organizing schedules with production, and chatting with the artists to make sure that they didn’t feel anxious or abandoned at home during the pandemic years. I find that my favorite jobs have been working with and bringing a team together to make as good a movie/show as we could. I find that the more invested and involved I am in the project, the better I am at the job. I want more of those experiences!

Go here for the LinkedIn Page to Learn About My Career

Emmy award winner! (the whole crew wins when a show wins. I’ll take it!)

I was nominated once with my own name on the nomination for a documentary called “Superheroes” where I drew comics pages for a Stan Lee narrated story. I’ve worked on a Stan Lee story!! How COOL is that?!?