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
Think Before You Think: A Portrait of Rick Raxlen2020 · Self	Self
Sea Horses and Flying Fish2020 · Director	Director
Fish Don't Talk2020 · Director	Director
Kanga vs Werewolf2020 · 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
U - Champions1999 · Director	Director
Slippage1999 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Geometry of Beware1998 · Director	Director
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red1996 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Tongue Tied1988 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Horses in Winter1988 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Divine Right1985 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Polytechnic World1984 · Director	Director
Duck Talk1984 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Flagman's Nightmare1984 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Grey's Lullaby1984 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Self-Portrait (with Fish)1984 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
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
MMetal Workers1975 · Producer	Producer
Running Time1974 · Detective	Detective
Mirage1972 · Director	Director
Anger After Death1971 · Director	Director
The Sky Is Blue1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer