Michael Rymer
Illustration — Rymer in 2011 Michael Rymer (born 1 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.
Michael Rymer
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- 1963. · Melbourne.
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- Australia.
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- screenwriter, director and manufacturer.
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- English.
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Illustration — Rymer in 2011 Michael Rymer (born 1 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.
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Michael Rymer (born 1963) is an Australian director, film director and manufacturer, among other activities. The director was born in Melbourne. Languages used include English.
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• Dead Sleep (1990) • Angel Baby (1995) • Allie & Me (1997) • In Too Deep (1999) • Perfume (2001) • Queen of the Damned (2002) • Battlestar Galactica (2003) • Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009) • Revolution (2009) • Face to Face (2011) • American Horror Story: Asylum (2012) • Hannibal (2013–2015) • Deadline Gallipoli (2015) • The Man in the High Castle (2015) • Jessica Jones (2015) • Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018) (2 episodes) • The Gloaming (TV series)
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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.
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Long time director of multiple Battlestar Galactica episodes, Michael Rymer. Also Co-excecutive producer of 17th Precinct and director of the pilot. Day 5 of filming. March 14, 2011
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- 1.Michael Rymer - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes.
- 2.Michael Rymber biography and filmography. tribute.ca.
- 3.Nuytens, Gilles. Michael Rymer interview. The SciFi World. May 5, 2007.
- 4.Windsor, Harry. Michael Rymer readies sci-fi series 'Tremula', 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' mini. November 4, 2016.
- 5.Jacobs, Matthew. 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. October 26, 2021.
- 6.Groves, Don. Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie explore a dark world in 'The Gloaming'. April 1, 2019.
- 7.Money, Lawrence. Rocky start for a film with a happy ending. The Age. 24 July 2011.
- 8.Cavna, Michael. Hugo Awards for science fiction: Netflix's 'Jessica Jones,' Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman: Overture' win big. Washington Post. August 22, 2016.
- 9.2016 Hugo Awards. 29 December 2015.
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