Career
Rick Nova; Rick Barretto, is a Brazilian-American screenwriter. He also writes for the IEET (The Institute of Ethics for Emerging Technologies). Foreign many years he worked below the radar in script development.
He was also a driving force in greenlighting the feature animation Daya, and several projects that are yet to hit the screen.
He also produced and directed a Neil Simon Broadway comedy with major television talent, and was part of the team that developed the first sitcom project in Brazil, directed by Debbie Allen. He continues his work as a script consultant and writer, having read for Warren Zide and non-profit organizations such as the Scriptwriter"s Network.
The main area of work at present is science fiction and technology. In the Spring of 2013, he wrote, directed, produced and edited three film projects, which includes an alien chase on Venice Beach and a tribute to Jean-Luc Godard about a dystopian future and the oppression of society by technological means.
He currently has a few projects in development for feature and television, including a sci-fi series about the future of mankind and artificial intelligence.
