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Rick Cortez(II)

  • Visual Effects
  • Art Director
  • Art Department
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Rick Cortez is known for Stranger Things (2016), Episodes from Apocalypse (2022) and Last Three Days (2020).
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    • Known for

    Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects
    Episodes from Apocalypse (2022)
    Episodes from Apocalypse
    5.2
    • Visual Effects
    • 2022
    Thomas Wilson Brown, Roy Huang, Robert Palmer Watkins, Phillip Burton, and Robert Ashley in Last Three Days (2020)
    Last Three Days
    3.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 2020
    Indiana Bones and the Raiders of the Lost Bark (2014)
    Indiana Bones and the Raiders of the Lost Bark
    8.5
    Short
    • Visual Effects
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • The Outcasts
      • visual effects
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2025
    • Lander Eastland in Dungeon of Deceit (2026)
      Dungeon of Deceit
      6.2
      Short
      • visual effects artist
      • 2026
    • Lights Off (2026)
      Lights Off
      Short
      • visual effects artist
      • 2026
    • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • digital artist: MAS Effects
      • digital artist
      • 2025
    • Earnhardt (2025)
      Earnhardt
      8.7
      TV Series
      • digital artist
      • 2025
    • Feeling Blessed (2025)
      Feeling Blessed
      Short
      • visual effects
      • 2025
    • Here's the Plan (2023)
      Here's the Plan
      Short
      • visual effects: Some Guy In Anaheim
      • 2023
    • Episodes from Apocalypse (2022)
      Episodes from Apocalypse
      5.2
      • visual effects
      • 2022
    • Zombie King of Balacombé (2022)
      Zombie King of Balacombé
      Short
      • visual effects
      • 2022
    • Cole Hauser in The Last Champion (2020)
      The Last Champion
      6.9
      • visual effects artist
      • 2020
    • Taylor Regan and Brian Patrick Butler in MOWI Holiday Special (2020)
      MOWI Holiday Special
      TV Special
      • visual effects
      • 2020
    • Steph Barkley in Alone (2020)
      Alone
      7.6
      Short
      • visual effects artist
      • 2020
    • Thomas Wilson Brown, Roy Huang, Robert Palmer Watkins, Phillip Burton, and Robert Ashley in Last Three Days (2020)
      Last Three Days
      3.6
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2020
    • Josh Fasold, Brianna Wirtanen, Nathan Johnson, Amy Dominguez, Davy McCall, and Leesa Kim in One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2020)
      One Night Ultimate Werewolf
      TV Special
      • visual effects
      • 2020
    • Feisty Pets Mission Impossible (2019)
      Feisty Pets Mission Impossible
      Video
      • visual effects
      • 2019
    • Made Me Do It (2017)
      Made Me Do It
      5.4
      • visual effects
      • 2017

    Art Director

    • Feel Better Fast and Make It Last with Daniel Amen, MD (2018)
      Feel Better Fast and Make It Last with Daniel Amen, MD
      TV Special
      • Art Director
      • 2018
    • Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? with Mark Hyman, MD (2018)
      Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? with Mark Hyman, MD
      TV Special
      • Art Director
      • 2018
    • Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD (2017)
      Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD
      TV Special
      • Art Director
      • 2017
    • BrainFit: 50 Ways To Grow Your Brain With Dr. Daniel Amen & Tana Amen, RN (2016)
      BrainFit: 50 Ways To Grow Your Brain With Dr. Daniel Amen & Tana Amen, RN
      TV Special
      • Art Director
      • 2016
    • On the Psychiatrist's Couch with Daniel Amen, MD (2015)
      On the Psychiatrist's Couch with Daniel Amen, MD
      TV Special
      • Art Director
      • 2015

    Art Department

    • Feel Better Fast and Make It Last with Daniel Amen, MD (2018)
      Feel Better Fast and Make It Last with Daniel Amen, MD
      TV Special
      • set designer
      • 2018
    • Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? with Mark Hyman, MD (2018)
      Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? with Mark Hyman, MD
      TV Special
      • set designer
      • 2018
    • BrainFit: 50 Ways To Grow Your Brain With Dr. Daniel Amen & Tana Amen, RN (2016)
      BrainFit: 50 Ways To Grow Your Brain With Dr. Daniel Amen & Tana Amen, RN
      TV Special
      • set designer
      • 2016
    • On the Psychiatrist's Couch with Daniel Amen, MD (2015)
      On the Psychiatrist's Couch with Daniel Amen, MD
      TV Special
      • set designer
      • 2015

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