Ricky D'Ambrose (born September 1, 1987, USA) is an Independent Spirit Award-winning writer and director in New York. His second feature, The Cathedral, had its world premiere at the 78th Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at Sundance. The film was nominated for Best Film at the 2022 Gotham Awards. His short films and first feature, Notes on an Appearance, have screened at festivals internationally, including Berlin, Rotterdam, Vienna, the New York Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films. In 2017, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film, as well as one of the decade's Best New Filmmakers by Richard Brody of the New Yorker magazine. As a critic, he has contributed to The Nation, Filmmaker, n+1, MUBI, and Film Quarterly.