Rick Rowley
Directing
Richard (Rick) Rowley is a documentary filmmaker. His films and TV shows have received three Emmy awards, an Oscar nomination, and other awards and nominations, as well as recognition at film festivals around the world.
Rowley's Oscar-nominated feature Dirty Wars was the culmination of ten years as a war reporter in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the lesser-known battlegrounds of the US war on terror. Since then, Rowley has turned his lens on racial injustice in the US. His 2019 feature for Showtime, 16 Shots, won Television Academy honors and a Peabody nomination for its unflinching look at the police murder of Laquan McDonald and the cover-up that followed. His Emmy-winning series Documenting Hate unmasked an underground Nazi fight club and a terrorist cell. The series received a DuPont Award and prompted an FBI investigation that led to dozens of arrests. His latest film, Kingdom Of Silence, is the story of the life and death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Known for
Where to Invade Next
December 23, 2015
Dirty Wars
January 18, 2013
16 Shots
May 1, 2018
Critical Incident: Death at the Border
December 29, 2025
The Fourth World War
April 27, 2003
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
October 12, 2000
Zapatista
October 7, 1999
Kingdom of Silence
October 2, 2020
Black & Gold
January 12, 2001
Documenting Hate: New American Nazis
November 20, 2018
American Insurrection
April 13, 2021
Deserter
January 11, 2007
Behind the camera22
- 2026Hell's Army Director, Producer
- 2025Critical Incident: Death at the Border Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
- 2022Michael Flynn's Holy War Director
- 2022Plot to Overturn the Election Director of Photography
- 2021American Insurrection Director of Photography, Writer, Director
- 2020Kingdom of Silence Director
- 2019Rejectors Director of Photography
- 2018Documenting Hate: New American Nazis Director
- 2018Documenting Hate: Charlottesville Director