Known For
Directing
Credits
31 titles
Rick Raxlen
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.
Known For
Filmography
Think Before You Think: A Portrait of Rick Raxlen
Self
Fish Don't Talk
Animation
Sea Horses and Flying Fish
Animation
Kanga vs Werewolf
Animation
Haunted House
Director
Mumbles
Director
Rocka-Lula-Hula
Director
Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
Director
Brand New Triathlon
Director
Deadpan
Animation
Slippage
Director of Photography
U - Champions
Director
The Geometry of Beware
Animation
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
Writer
Horses in Winter
Producer
Tongue Tied
Producer
The Divine Right
Director
Pure Mutation
Producer
Duck Talk
Producer
Flagman's Nightmare
Editor
Grey's Lullaby
Producer
Self-Portrait (with Fish)
Producer
The Polytechnic World
Director
15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
Director
Jaffa-Gate
Producer
Earthware
Editor
Metal Workers
Producer
Running Time
Detective
Mirage
Director
Anger After Death
Director
The Sky Is Blue
Director