Michael Rymer (born March 1963 in Melbourne[1]) is an Australian[2] television and film director, best known for his work on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series, for which he directed the pilot miniseries and several episodes of the series. He also directed In Too Deep and Queen of the Damned.
Rymer attended film school at the University of Southern California.[3]
Filmography
edit- Dead Sleep (1990)
- Angel Baby (1995)[4]
- Allie and Me (1997)
- In Too Deep (1999)
- Perfume (2001)
- Queen of the Damned (2002)[5][4]
- Battlestar Galactica (2003)[4]
- Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)[4]
- Revolution (2009)
- Face to Face (2011)[4]
- American Horror Story: Asylum (2012)[4]
- Hannibal (2013–2015)[4]
- Deadline Gallipoli (2015)
- The Man in the High Castle (2015)[4]
- Jessica Jones (2015)[4]
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018) (2 episodes)
- The Gloaming (TV series)[6]
Awards
editRymer's directorial debut, Angel Baby, won seven Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards in 1995, including Best Director and Best Screenplay (Original) for Rymer himself.[7]
Rymer won the award of Best Dramatic Feature at the 2012 Byron Bay International Film Festival for the film Face to Face, and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the Jessica Jones episode "AKA Smile" in 2016.[8][9] The 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries, which he directed, won the Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation in 2004.
References
edit- ^ "Michael Rymer - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Michael Rymber biography and filmography". tribute.ca. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Nuytens, Gilles (5 May 2007). "Michael Rymer interview". The SciFi World. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Windsor, Harry (4 November 2016). "Michael Rymer readies sci-fi series 'Tremula', 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' mini". Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Jacobs, Matthew (26 October 2021). "An Oral History of Queen of the Damned How an Anne Rice novel became a Hollywood saga involving Aaliyah and the guy from Korn". Vulture. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Groves, Don (1 April 2019). "Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie explore a dark world in 'The Gloaming'". Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Money, Lawrence (24 July 2011). "Rocky start for a film with a happy ending". The Age. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Cavna, Michael (22 August 2016). "Hugo Awards for science fiction: Netflix's 'Jessica Jones,' Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman: Overture' win big". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "2016 Hugo Awards". Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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