Ric Birch

Ric Birch, born in Australia, was a former Rock TV producer and director.

He started his career studying Law, but his eventual profession took him down a very different path. His career includes:

* Executive Director behind the Opening and Closing ceremonies for the Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games

* Director of Production for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games

* Executive Producer for the Opening and Closing ceremonies for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games

* Executive Producer and Director of Ceremonies for the Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

He partnered with the Filmmaster Group to produce the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games. It was also his first time producing ceremonies for a Winter Olympic Games, and again with Filmmaster for the Paralympics in Torino 2006.

Ric Birch was also Director for Entertainment at World Expo '88 in Brisbane. He is widely regarded internationally as the expert on Olympic Games Ceremonies. He was appointed by BOCOG as an International Artistic Advisor for Creative Director Zhang Yimou in the production of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Ric Birch is the director and Founder of Spectak Productions, an events production company specialising in global ceremonies production, television, film & theatre and themed entertainment. Spectak has offices in Sydney, Los Angeles and Milan. Ric currently lives in Milan, Italy.

External links

* [http://www.spectak.com Spectak Productions] - Official Ric Birch Site
* [http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1190009.htm Ric Birch] - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
* [http://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/brspeaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=306 Ric Birch] - Celebrity Speakers