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.

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)