Rick Raxlen

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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.

Film	Credit
Kanga vs Werewolf2020 · Director	Director
Sea Horses and Flying Fish2020 · Director	Director
Fish Don't Talk2020 · Director	Director
Haunted House2014 · Director	Director
MMumbles2010 · Director	Director
Rocka-Lula-Hula2009 · Director	Director
Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous2008 · Director	Director
Brand New Triathlon2003 · Director	Director
Deadpan2002 · Director	Director
Slippage1999 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
U - Champions1999 · Director	Director
The Geometry of Beware1998 · Director	Director
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red1996 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Tongue Tied1988 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Horses in Winter1988 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
The Divine Right1985 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Polytechnic World1984 · Director	Director
Duck Talk1984 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Grey's Lullaby1984 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Flagman's Nightmare1984 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Self-Portrait (with Fish)1984 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Pure Mutation1984 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows1983 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Jaffa-Gate1982 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Earthware1975 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Mirage1972 · Director	Director
Anger After Death1971 · Director	Director
The Sky Is Blue1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer