Rick Kalowski is a Sydney-based Australian film and television writer.

After several years working as a lawyer, including clerking for a judge at the High Court of Australia, Kalowski sold his first screenplay, co-written with regular collaborator Andrew Jones, a political comedy entitled The Honourable Wally Norman, directed by veteran Australian film and TV director Ted Emery (responsible for such successes as Kath and Kim and Fast Forward), and starring well-known Australian performers including Kevin Harrington and Shaun Micallef. The film was opening night selection at the 50th Sydney Film Festival in 2003. High Court entrance The High Court of Australia is the final court of appeal in Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. ... The Honourable Wally Norman is a 2003 Australian comedy film directed by Ted Emery. ... Jane Turner and Gina Riley as Kath & Kim Kath and Kim is a satirical Australian television series shown on the ABC network. ... Fast Forward was an Australian commercial television sketch comedy show that ran for 94 episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. ... Kevin Harrington as David Bishop on Neighbours Kevin Harrington (born 4 September 1959 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor who is perhaps best known for his role as David Bishop on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. ... Shaun Patrick Micallef (born 18 July 1962) is an Australian comedian. ... The Sydney Film Festival is a non-competitive film festival that started in 1954. ...

Kalowski's first work in television was as head writer and co-creator of the sketch comedy television series Big Bite, a 2003 nominee for Best Comedy Series at the Australian Film Institute Awards starring Chris Lilley and Andrew O'Keefe. This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Big Bites opening title. ... The Australian Film Institute Awards (often abbreviated to AFI Awards) is an annual awards ceremony administered by the Australian Film Institute, held in late November or early December. ... Chris Lilley Chris Lilley is an Australian comedian from Sydney. ... Andrew O’Keefe (born 1 October 1971) is a television personality and gameshow host who formerly worked as an intellectual property lawyer. ...

Between 2004 and 2006, Kalowski was head writer of the Nine Network late night sketch comedy series Comedy Inc - The Late Shift (2005- ). During that time, the show was nominated for 7 Australian Film Institute Awards, including successive nods for Best Television Comedy Series in 2005 and 2006, as well as the 2006 Logie award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program, and the Rose D'Or (Golden Rose of Montreaux) Award for Best International Comedy Series. Popular and critically acclaimed Australian television sketch comedy series, advertised to feature send-ups of celebrities and television shows, but mostly comprised of general comedy sketches. ... The Australian Film Institute Awards (often abbreviated to AFI Awards) is an annual awards ceremony administered by the Australian Film Institute, held in late November or early December. ... The Logie Awards are the Australian television industry annual awards. ...

Together with his regular collaborator, producer/director David McDonald, Kalowski left Comedy Inc - The Late Shift at the end of 2006, and is not involved in the currently airing fifth series of the show. David John McDonald (November 22, 1902 - August 8, 1979) was an American labor leader and president of the United Steelworkers of America from 1952 to 1965. ... Popular and critically acclaimed Australian television sketch comedy series, advertised to feature send-ups of celebrities and television shows, but mostly comprised of general comedy sketches. ...

He won the 2006 AWGIE (Australian Writers' Guild Award) for Best Documentary Script for the comic training film "Learn to Lecture Like Me (with Master Lecturer Pat McRae)".

As of September 2007, it has been reported that Kalowski has signed a deal to develop his first television comedy series in the United States with an American television studio.