Rick Giachino is a Berkeley-based producer / videographer / editor whose credits include many films which spotlight America’s diverse cultural history. He co-produced “Who Owns the Past?” (PBS / Independent Lens) edited “Roots of Beauty” (Smithsonian Institution), and shot “Native Ways” which explore Native American’s struggles to preserve their vanishing culture.  He recently co-produced a major international documentary, “The Painted Cave: Dawn of Art” and edited recent film festival circuit favorites “A Home on the Range: The Jewish Chicken Ranchers of Petaluma"  (PBS: Truly California) and “Song of a Jewish Cowboy” with Bonnie Burt and Judith Montell. His current project “Forgiving God” is in post-production.

Mr. Giachino has lectured and taught at California State University, Hayward and The Academy of Art University as well as Ex’Pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, CA.  He was a founder of The Student Film Network and StudentFilm.Net. He has directed, edited or shot hundreds of multi camera live music performances, including the 30th Annual Taiko Festival at Zellerbach Hall, a remote video segment for War Child Japan featuring B.B. King, a concert featuring Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) as well as performances by Steve Miller, Joe
Satriani, Charlie Musselwhite, and many others.