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==Filmography== ==Filmography==
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==Awards==
Rymer's directorial debut, '']'', won seven ] in 1995, including Best Director and Best Screenplay (Original) for Rymer himself.<ref name="money">{{cite news |last1=Money |first1=Lawrence |title=Rocky start for a film with a happy ending |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/rocky-start-for-a-film-with-a-happy-ending-20110724-1hvaq.html |access-date=11 April 2024 |work=The Age |date=24 July 2011 |language=en}}</ref>

Rymer won the award of Best Dramatic Feature at the 2012 ] for the film ''Face to Face'', and the ] for the ''Jessica Jones'' episode "]" in 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/22/hugo-awards-for-science-fiction-netflixs-jessica-jones-neil-gaimans-sandman-overture-win-big/ | title=Hugo Awards for science fiction: Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones,’ Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman: Overture’ win big | last=Cavna | first=Michael | access-date=2024-04-10 | date=August 22, 2016 | publisher=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ | title=2016 Hugo Awards | access-date=2024-04-10}}</ref> The 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries, which he directed, won the ] in ].

==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 17 October 2024

Australian television and film director

Rymer in 2011

Michael Rymer (born March 1963 in Melbourne) is an Australian 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.

Filmography

Awards

Rymer's directorial debut, Angel Baby, won seven Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards in 1995, including Best Director and Best Screenplay (Original) for Rymer himself.

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. The 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries, which he directed, won the Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation in 2004.

References

  1. "Michael Rymer - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. "Michael Rymber biography and filmography". tribute.ca. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. Nuytens, Gilles (5 May 2007). "Michael Rymer interview". The SciFi World. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ Windsor, Harry (4 November 2016). "Michael Rymer readies sci-fi series 'Tremula', 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' mini". Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. 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.
  6. Groves, Don (1 April 2019). "Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie explore a dark world in 'The Gloaming'". Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. Money, Lawrence (24 July 2011). "Rocky start for a film with a happy ending". The Age. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  8. 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.
  9. "2016 Hugo Awards". Retrieved 10 April 2024.

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Films directed by Michael Rymer
AACTA Award for Best Direction


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