Rick Raxlen
- Known for
- Directing
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.
Filmography
Sea Horses and Flying Fish 2020
Animation, Director
Kanga vs Werewolf 2020
Animation, Director
Fish Don't Talk 2020
Animation, Director
Think Before You Think: A Portrait of Rick Raxlen 2020
as Self
Haunted House 2014
Director
- Mumbles
Mumbles 2010
Director
Rocka-Lula-Hula 2009
Director
Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous 2008
Director
Brand New Triathlon 2003
Director
Deadpan 2002
Animation, Director
U - Champions 1999
Director
Slippage 1999
Director of Photography, Director
The Geometry of Beware 1998
Animation, Director
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red 1996
Writer, Editor, Producer, Director
Horses in Winter 1988
Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
Tongue Tied 1988
Producer, Director, Editor
The Divine Right 1985
Director, Editor, Producer
Pure Mutation 1984
Producer, Director
Self-Portrait (with Fish) 1984
Producer, Director
Grey's Lullaby 1984
Producer, Director
Flagman's Nightmare 1984
Editor, Production Design, Director, Producer
Duck Talk 1984
Producer, Director
The Polytechnic World 1984
Director
15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows 1983
Director, Producer
Jaffa-Gate 1982
Producer, Director
- Metal Workers
Metal Workers 1975
Producer
Earthware 1975
Editor, Producer, Director
Running Time 1974
as Detective
Mirage 1972
Director, Sound, Editor
Anger After Death 1971
Director
The Sky Is Blue 1969
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.