
Director
Ricky D’Ambrose
39 years · U.S. · 12 films
Ricky D'Ambrose (born September 1, 1987, USA) is an Independent Spirit Award-winning writer and director in New York. His second feature, The Cathedral, had its world premiere at the 78th Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at Sundance. The film was nominated for Best Film at the 2022 Gotham Awards. His short films and first feature, Notes on an Appearance, have screened at festivals internationally, including Berlin, Rotterdam, Vienna, the New York Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films. In 2017, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film, as well as one of the decade's Best New Filmmakers by Richard Brody of the New Yorker magazine. As a critic, he has contributed to The Nation, Filmmaker, n+1, MUBI, and Film Quarterly.
Best known for
Filmography 12


The Cathedral
2022 · Director, Writer
On MUBI

Object Lessons, or: What Happened Whitsunday
2020 · Writer, Director

The Sky Is Clear and Blue Today
2019 · Director, Writer


Notes on an Appearance
2018 · Director, Writer
On Fandor

Dustin Guy Defa
2017 · Director

Spiral Jetty
2017 · Director, Screenplay

Four Americans
2016 · Director

Six Cents in the Pocket
2015 · Director, Writer

Bruno Dumont
2015 · Director

Gina Telaroli
2014 · Director

Alex Ross Perry
2014 · Director, Editor

Chantal Akerman
2013 · Director