Location Los Angeles, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Rick Rey is Co-Founder of Surreal and Co-President of Virtual Reality & Immersive Entertainment at STX, a global media company that specializes in the development, production, marketing and distribution of talent-driven films, television, and digital media content.
At Surreal, Rey oversees the company’s overall direction, business strategy
and key strategic partnerships. He is committed to bringing exciting new content experiences to mainstream audiences, and pushing the entertainment industry towards innovation and nontraditional thinking. As a digital video industry veteran, Rey has spent the last 10+ years leveraging technology to engage audiences and tell visual stories in new ways, and he continues that pioneering track record with Surreal. Virtual reality as a medium presents new opportunities for content creators, as well as new challenges, and Rey has always been drawn to unchartered waters in the entertainment space.
Prior to co-founding Surreal, Rey was general manager of entertainment at Maker Studios, where he oversaw content operations, programming strategy, and branded entertainment for the company’s key content verticals, including Comedy, Music, Movies, News, Pop Culture and Animation.
Rey is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of University of Michigan.
