Ricardo Ardila

Ricardo Ardila Producer & Co-Founder of Kinetoscope Productions, LLC. In 2006, Ricardo finished his studies in Bogotá, Colombia in the fine arts department at the University Manuela Beltrán, gaining his BFA in Cinematography with a focus in Directing and Producing for Film & Television. During his studies, Ricardo worked in the departments of casting and production at Canal Caracol, one of the major television stations in Colombia. He started as an intern working under Mr. Humberto Rivera, a highly respected and distinguished Colombian casting director, actor, director and producer of film and television. After one year, he was promoted to the position of casting associate. Soon thereafter, he was promoted yet again and made an associate producer. In total, he worked for Canal Caracol for eight years. After moving to Los Angeles in 2007, Ricardo began to work for media companies like Fox Sports, Univision, Warner Brothers, Guerilla Hollywood and the Colombian Cinema Showcase. In 2012, Ricardo worked as a logger for the television show Q'Viva, produced by Jennifer Lopez, Mark Anthony, and Jamie King. Both in 2014 and then again in 2015, Ricardo worked as a field producer for both NatGeo and Natural 9 Entertainment on the television show Limo Masters. He served for two seasons on this project as a member of the creative team. In 2016 he worked for America's Got Talent as a Spanish/English translator facilitating communications between non-Spanish speaking above the line personnel and talent with limited English proficiency. Ricardo is working in Los Angeles as a casting associate for commercials and on production for international entertainment and production companies. Ricardo is a proud member of the Television Academy.