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Born in Tucson, AZ. His highly-regarded film, DERRIDA, premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and won the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. The prior year, he directed CHAIN CAMERA, a riveting portrayal of contemporary teenage life, which also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 1997, he directed the internationally acclaimed SICK: THE LIFE & DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The film earned an IFP/West Spirit Award Nomination and an International Documentary Association Nomination for Best Feature Documentary of 1998. He also made another film for HBO's "America Undercover" series, "Showgirls: Glitz & Angst" (2003, TV). He directed "The End" (2004, TV), a moving and profound chronicle of dying patients and their families in a Los Angeles hospice program. Dick's most recent projects include TWIST OF FAITH (2004) and THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED (2006), an exposé of the interior workings of the MPAA ratings system. Dick married actress Rita Valencia; they have a son, Joseph.  Nominated for Achievement in Documentary Features 2004: TWIST OF FAITH - producer (w. Eddie Schmidt) 1 nomination