Rickey Larke

Most recently, Rickey Larke joined the writer room of KENAN (Season Two) as a Story Editor and he's now a Co-Producer on GROWN-ISH (Season Six). Originally from Chicago, Rickey found his creative passion in high school by directing music videos on the city's South Side. As an undergrad at Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME) Rickey competed in varsity football & varsity track while balancing a double major in African-American Literature and Political Theory. As a senior his film SURVIVIES (a 45-minute documentary tracking the days leading up to Ivies, Bowdoin’s annual April bash) was inducted into the Bowdoin College Historical Archive.

Upon graduation in 2015 he joined HBO as an Executive Assistant in Programming where he supported Creative Executives until early 2019 on shows such as VEEP, BARRY, SILICON VALLEY, INSECURE, LOS ESPOOKYS, A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW and GAME OF THRONES. In addition to his work at HBO, Rickey assisted Mark Romanek on JAY-Z's music video THE STORY OF OJ and in association with Psycho Films produced the short film LA PETITE MORT, a 2019 Official Selection of Beverly Hills Film Festival and HollyShorts Film Festival.