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Rick Raxlen

Overview

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

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