Rick Raxlen

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

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

Director

2020
Fish Don't Talk

as Director

2020
Kanga vs Werewolf

as Director

2014
Haunted House

as Director

2010
Mumbles

as Director

2009
Rocka-Lula-Hula

as Director

2003
2002
Deadpan

as Director

1999
U - Champions

as Director

1999
Slippage

as Director

1998
1988
Tongue Tied

as Director

1988
Horses in Winter

as Director

1985
The Divine Right

as Director

1984
1984
Duck Talk

as Director

1984
1984
Grey's Lullaby

as Director

1984
Pure Mutation

as Director

1982
Jaffa-Gate

as Director

1975
Earthware

as Director

1972
Mirage

as Director

1971
Anger After Death

as Director

1969
The Sky Is Blue

as Director

Producer

1988
Tongue Tied

as Producer

1988
Horses in Winter

as Producer

1985
The Divine Right

as Producer

1984
Duck Talk

as Producer

1984
1984
Grey's Lullaby

as Producer

1984
Pure Mutation

as Producer

1982
Jaffa-Gate

as Producer

1975
Earthware

as Producer

Editor

1988
Tongue Tied

as Editor

1988
1985
1984
1975
Earthware

as Editor

1972
Mirage

as Editor

Visual Effects

2020
Fish Don't Talk

as Animation

2020
Kanga vs Werewolf

as Animation

2002
Deadpan

as Animation

1998

Writer

1988
1969
The Sky Is Blue

as Writer

Art

1984
Flagman's Nightmare

as Production Design

Camera

1999
Slippage

as Director of Photography

Sound

1972
Mirage

as Sound