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Rick Raxlen

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Rick Raxlen

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31 titles

Biography

Rick Raxlen has been working as an artist and filmmaker since the late '60s. He began as a filmmaker with the NFB alongside Arthur Lipsett and Norman McLaren in Montreal, and was awarded one of only two Genies (Canadian Film Award) ever given for Best Experimental Film ("Legend," 1970). After a stint teaching at Concordia University and many short films, he went on to make the feature film "Horses in Winter" (1988), named as one of the best films of the eighties by Cinematheque Quebecois. After many more short works and another award-winning feature ("The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red," 1995), Rick abandoned the long form out of frustration with the impersonal nature of the process, and turned in earnest to a new obsession: the animated short form. This has been his primary moving image-based artwork for the past 25 years since he relocated to Victoria, BC. Rick is a strong proponent of non-institutionalized art-making practices and largely works outside of the system, producing and exchanging Mail Art and an incredible output of drawing and printmaking work presented in galleries and alternative venues worldwide.

Latest project Best work, ranked

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 2

YearTitleRole
2020 Think Before You Think: A Portrait of Rick Raxlen Film Self
1974 Running Time Film Detective

Crew credits 29

YearTitleJob
2020 Fish Don't Talk Film Animation, Director
2020 Kanga vs Werewolf Film Animation, Director
2020 Sea Horses and Flying Fish Film Animation, Director
2014 Haunted House Film Director
2010 Mumbles Film Director
2009 Rocka-Lula-Hula Film Director
2008 Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous Film Director
2003 Brand New Triathlon Film Director
2002 Deadpan Film Animation, Director
1999 Slippage Film Director of Photography
1999 U - Champions Film Director
1998 The Geometry of Beware Film Animation, Director
1996 The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red Film Writer, Editor, Producer, Director
1988 Tongue Tied Film Producer, Director, Editor
1988 Horses in Winter Film Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
1985 The Divine Right Film Director, Editor, Producer
1984 The Polytechnic World Film Director
1984 Duck Talk Film Producer, Director
1984 Flagman's Nightmare Film Editor, Production Design, Director, Producer
1984 Grey's Lullaby Film Producer, Director
1984 Self-Portrait (with Fish) Film Producer, Director
1984 Pure Mutation Film Producer, Director
1983 15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows Film Director, Producer
1982 Jaffa-Gate Film Producer, Director
1975 Earthware Film Editor, Producer, Director
1975 Metal Workers Film Producer
1972 Mirage Film Director, Sound, Editor
1971 Anger After Death Film Director
1969 The Sky Is Blue Film Director, Writer
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