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Rick Raxlen
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…
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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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2020
Kanga vs Werewolf
Movie Director
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2020
Fish Don't Talk
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2020
Sea Horses and Flying Fish
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2014
Haunted House
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2010
Mumbles
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2009
Rocka-Lula-Hula
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2008
Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
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2003
Brand New Triathlon
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2002
Deadpan
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1999
Slippage
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1999
U - Champions
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1998
The Geometry of Beware
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1996
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
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1988
Horses in Winter
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1988
Tongue Tied
Movie Director
More credits
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1985
The Divine Right
Movie Editor
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1984
Duck Talk
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1984
Pure Mutation
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1984
Self-Portrait (with Fish)
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1984
The Polytechnic World
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1984
Grey's Lullaby
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1984
Flagman's Nightmare
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1983
15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
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1982
Jaffa-Gate
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1975
Earthware
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1975
Metal Workers
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1974
Running Time
Movie Detective
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1972
Mirage
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1971
Anger After Death
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1969
The Sky Is Blue
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