Rick Dugdale is a Canadian film producer. He is the president and CEO of Enderby Entertainment and co-founder of Vuele.
Dugdale joined Daniel Petrie, Jr. & Company as vice president of Production in 2003 before becoming a full partner in the company in 2004. He founded Enderby Entertainment with Petrie in 2006. Dugdale gained experience in the public sector of financing and investor relations while working in oil, gas, and uranium markets.
Dugdale produced Dawn Patrol (2014) and Rosemont (2015), both directed by Daniel Petrie, Jr. Dugdale also produced About Cherry, co-written and directed by Stephen Elliott. For Tony-Seven Films, Enderby Entertainment's genre film division, Dugdale served as executive producer on The Speak, Vile and 5 Souls, and as a producer on A Haunting at Silver Falls, No Tell Motel and Blood Shed. He served as executive producer on Tony-Seven Filmsâ first sequel, the upcoming A Haunting at Silver Falls 2.
Dugdale produced and financed the thriller Blackway in 2015, the first film collaboration involving Alfredson, Enderby Entertainment, and worldwide distributor Electric Entertainment. Directed by Daniel Alfredson, Blackway was adapted for the screen by Joseph Gangemi and Gregory Jacobs. It was based on the novel Go with Me by Castle Freeman, Jr. The film premiered at the 72nd Venice Film Festival ahead of its 2016 release.
In 2017, Dugdale produced the psychological thriller An Ordinary Man in collaboration with actor and producer Sir Ben Kingsley; and writer, director, and producer Brad Silberling. Dugdale also arranged for its international distribution by Dean Devlin's Electric Entertainment, marking EnderbyâÂÂs second collaboration with Electric. Dugdale also produced the film Night Hunter, starring Henry Cavill, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Alexandra Daddario.
Dugdale produced the Intrigo anthology, three stand-alone movies shot back-to-back across Europe. They were filmed primarily in Serbia, but also on location in Belgium, Croatia and Slovenia. Intrigo is based on a series of European bestsellers by the Swedish author HÃÂ¥kan Nesser. The thrillers, adapted by Daniel Alfredson & Ditta Bongenhielm, are stories interconnected by the Café Intrigo, which gives the films their overall title. All three were released in 2020, with Lionsgate serving as the distributor for the films in the US. Intrigo: Death of the Author, starring Ben Kingsley & Benno Fürmann, was released in theaters and on-demand in the US on January 17, 2020. Intrigo: Dear Agnes, starring Gemma Chan, and Intrigo: Samaria, starring Phoebe Fox, were released in theaters and on-demand on May 5, 2020. All three films were directed by Daniel Alfredson.
Dugdale finished post-production on the Second World War action thriller Recon in collaboration with Academy Award-winning director Robert Port. It was released in the US on November 10, 2020, with Brainstorm Media set to distribute. Recon had its world premiere at the 2019 Austin Film Festival.
In May 2020, in the middle of a shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dugdale announced that Enderby Entertainment would begin shooting Zero Contact across 17 countries. As director, Dugdale remotely supervised the virtual shoot in each country, with the actors' own homes serving as the set. The production collaborated with the post-production team at People in the Park.
Dugdale announced in July 2020 that Enderby and tech developer Draganfly were teaming up to launch Safe Set Solutions for feature and TV productions. This would allow for resumption of filming on set during the global pandemic, by using a variety of prescreening tools and on-set protections to mitigate health threats. Draganfly committed to purchase initial Safe Set Solutions for two upcoming Enderby feature productions, Firewatch and Legacy.
In 2012, the Austin Film Festival announced the addition of the Enderby Entertainment Award to the festival's screenwriting competition. Finalists and winners were to be selected by Dugdale and Petrie.
Dugdale is a member of the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of Canada.