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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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Animation:
1998  The Geometry of Beware
2002  Deadpan
2020  Fish Don't Talk
2020  Kanga vs Werewolf
2020  Sea Horses and Flying Fish

Director:
1969  The Sky Is Blue
1971  Anger After Death
1972  Mirage
1975  Earthware
1982  Jaffa-Gate
1983  15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
1984  Duck Talk
1984  Flagman's Nightmare
1984  Grey's Lullaby
1984  Pure Mutation
1984  Self-Portrait (with Fish)
1984  The Polytechnic World
1985  The Divine Right
1988  Horses in Winter
1988  Tongue Tied
1996  The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
1998  The Geometry of Beware
1999  Slippage
1999  U - Champions
2002  Deadpan
2003  Brand New Triathlon
2008  Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
2009  Rocka-Lula-Hula
2010  Mumbles
2014  Haunted House
2020  Fish Don't Talk
2020  Kanga vs Werewolf
2020  Sea Horses and Flying Fish

Director of Photography:
1969  The Sky Is Blue
1971  Anger After Death
1972  Mirage
1975  Earthware
1982  Jaffa-Gate
1983  15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
1984  Duck Talk
1984  Flagman's Nightmare
1984  Grey's Lullaby
1984  Pure Mutation
1984  Self-Portrait (with Fish)
1984  The Polytechnic World
1985  The Divine Right
1988  Horses in Winter
1988  Tongue Tied
1996  The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
1998  The Geometry of Beware
1999  Slippage
1999  U - Champions
2002  Deadpan
2003  Brand New Triathlon
2008  Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
2009  Rocka-Lula-Hula
2010  Mumbles
2014  Haunted House
2020  Fish Don't Talk
2020  Kanga vs Werewolf
2020  Sea Horses and Flying Fish

Editor:
1969  The Sky Is Blue
1971  Anger After Death
1972  Mirage
1975  Earthware
1982  Jaffa-Gate
1983  15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
1984  Duck Talk
1984  Flagman's Nightmare
1984  Grey's Lullaby
1984  Pure Mutation
1984  Self-Portrait (with Fish)
1984  The Polytechnic World
1985  The Divine Right
1988  Horses in Winter
1988  Tongue Tied
1996  The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
1998  The Geometry of Beware
1999  Slippage
1999  U - Champions
2002  Deadpan
2003  Brand New Triathlon
2008  Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
2009  Rocka-Lula-Hula
2010  Mumbles
2014  Haunted House
2020  Fish Don't Talk
2020  Kanga vs Werewolf
2020  Sea Horses and Flying Fish

Producer:
1969  The Sky Is Blue
1971  Anger After Death
1972  Mirage
1975  Earthware
1982  Jaffa-Gate
1983  15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
1984  Duck Talk
1984  Flagman's Nightmare
1984  Grey's Lullaby
1984  Pure Mutation
1984  Self-Portrait (with Fish)
1984  The Polytechnic World
1985  The Divine Right
1988  Horses in Winter
1988  Tongue Tied
1996  The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
1998  The Geometry of Beware
1999  Slippage
1999  U - Champions
2002  Deadpan
2003  Brand New Triathlon
2008  Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
2009  Rocka-Lula-Hula
2010  Mumbles
2014  Haunted House
2020  Fish Don't Talk
2020  Kanga vs Werewolf
2020  Sea Horses and Flying Fish

Production Design:
1969  The Sky Is Blue
1971  Anger After Death
1972  Mirage
1975  Earthware
1982  Jaffa-Gate
1983  15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
1984  Duck Talk
1984  Flagman's Nightmare
1984  Grey's Lullaby
1984  Pure Mutation
1984  Self-Portrait (with Fish)
1984  The Polytechnic World
1985  The Divine Right
1988  Horses in Winter
1988  Tongue Tied
1996  The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
1998  The Geometry of Beware
1999  Slippage
1999  U - Champions
2002  Deadpan
2003  Brand New Triathlon
2008  Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
2009  Rocka-Lula-Hula
2010  Mumbles
2014  Haunted House
2020  Fish Don't Talk
2020  Kanga vs Werewolf
2020  Sea Horses and Flying Fish

Sound:
1969  The Sky Is Blue
1971  Anger After Death
1972  Mirage
1975  Earthware
1982  Jaffa-Gate
1983  15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
1984  Duck Talk
1984  Flagman's Nightmare
1984  Grey's Lullaby
1984  Pure Mutation
1984  Self-Portrait (with Fish)
1984  The Polytechnic World
1985  The Divine Right
1988  Horses in Winter
1988  Tongue Tied
1996  The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
1998  The Geometry of Beware
1999  Slippage
1999  U - Champions
2002  Deadpan
2003  Brand New Triathlon
2008  Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
2009  Rocka-Lula-Hula
2010  Mumbles
2014  Haunted House
2020  Fish Don't Talk
2020  Kanga vs Werewolf
2020  Sea Horses and Flying Fish

Writer:
1969  The Sky Is Blue
1971  Anger After Death
1972  Mirage
1975  Earthware
1982  Jaffa-Gate
1983  15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
1984  Duck Talk
1984  Flagman's Nightmare
1984  Grey's Lullaby
1984  Pure Mutation
1984  Self-Portrait (with Fish)
1984  The Polytechnic World
1985  The Divine Right
1988  Horses in Winter
1988  Tongue Tied
1996  The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
1998  The Geometry of Beware
1999  Slippage
1999  U - Champions
2002  Deadpan
2003  Brand New Triathlon
2008  Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
2009  Rocka-Lula-Hula
2010  Mumbles
2014  Haunted House
2020  Fish Don't Talk
2020  Kanga vs Werewolf
2020  Sea Horses and Flying Fish

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