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 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.
The Polytechnic World
(Director)
Anger After Death
(Director)
15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
(Director)
Jaffa-Gate
(Producer)
Earthware
(Editor)
Duck Talk
(Producer)
Duck Talk
(Director)
Earthware
(Producer)
15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
(Producer)
Flagman's Nightmare
(Editor)
Grey's Lullaby
(Producer)
Slippage
(Director of Photography)
Flagman's Nightmare
(Production Design)
Flagman's Nightmare
(Director)
Tongue Tied
(Producer)
Flagman's Nightmare
(Producer)
The Divine Right
(Director)
The Divine Right
(Editor)
The Divine Right
(Producer)
Grey's Lullaby
(Director)
U - Champions
(Director)
Tongue Tied
(Director)
Self-Portrait (with Fish)
(Producer)
Slippage
(Director)
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
(Writer)
Horses in Winter
(Producer)
The Sky Is Blue
(Director)
Horses in Winter
(Writer)
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
(Editor)
Self-Portrait (with Fish)
(Director)
The Sky Is Blue
(Writer)
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
(Producer)
Pure Mutation
(Producer)
Mirage
(Director)
Pure Mutation
(Director)
Mirage
(Sound)
Horses in Winter
(Director)
Mirage
(Editor)
The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
(Director)
Horses in Winter
(Editor)
Tongue Tied
(Editor)
The Geometry of Beware
(Animation)
Deadpan
(Animation)
The Geometry of Beware
(Director)
Deadpan
(Director)
Fish Don't Talk
(Animation)
Kanga vs Werewolf
(Animation)
Kanga vs Werewolf
(Director)
Sea Horses and Flying Fish
(Animation)
Sea Horses and Flying Fish
(Director)
Fish Don't Talk
(Director)
Frottage/Dommage/Fromage 2 Vous
(Director)
Jaffa-Gate
(Director)
Mumbles
(Director)
Brand New Triathlon
(Director)
Haunted House
(Director)
Rocka-Lula-Hula
(Director)
Earthware
(Director)