Rick Raxlen
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.
Known for
Directing28
movieKanga vs Werewolf
2020
Director
movieFish Don't Talk
2020
Director
movieHaunted House
2014
Director
Mumbles
2010
Director
movieRocka-Lula-Hula
2009
Director
movieBrand New Triathlon
2003
Director
movieDeadpan
2002
Director
movieU - Champions
1999
Director
movieSlippage
1999
Director
movieThe Geometry of Beware
1998
Director
movieTongue Tied
1988
Director
movieHorses in Winter
1988
Director
movieThe Divine Right
1985
Director
movieThe Polytechnic World
1984
Director
movieDuck Talk
1984
Director
movieFlagman's Nightmare
1984
Director
movieGrey's Lullaby
1984
Director
moviePure Mutation
1984
Director
movieJaffa-Gate
1982
Director
movieEarthware
1975
Director
movieMirage
1972
Director
movieAnger After Death
1971
Director
movieThe Sky Is Blue
1969
Director
Production13
movieTongue Tied
1988
Producer
movieHorses in Winter
1988
Producer
movieThe Divine Right
1985
Producer
movieDuck Talk
1984
Producer
movieGrey's Lullaby
1984
Producer
movieFlagman's Nightmare
1984
Producer
moviePure Mutation
1984
Producer
movieJaffa-Gate
1982
Producer
movieEarthware
1975
Producer
Editing7
Visual Effects5
movieFish Don't Talk
2020
Animation
movieKanga vs Werewolf
2020
Animation
movieSea Horses and Flying Fish
2020
Animation
movieDeadpan
2002
Animation
movieThe Geometry of Beware
1998
Animation
Writing3
Acting2
Art1
movieFlagman's Nightmare
1984
Production Design
Camera1
movieSlippage
1999
Director of Photography
Sound1
movieMirage
1972
Sound