Michael Rymer Explained

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

• 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]
• (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

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.^[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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael Rymer - Rotten Tomatoes . 2024-04-10 . Rotten Tomatoes.
2. Web site: Michael Rymber biography and filmography . 2024-04-10 . tribute.ca.
3. Web site: Michael Rymer interview . 2024-04-10 . May 5, 2007 . Gilles . Nuytens . The SciFi World.
4. Web site: Michael Rymer readies sci-fi series ‘Tremula’, ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ mini . November 4, 2016 . 2024-04-10 . Windsor . Harry .
5. Web site: An Oral History of Queen of the Damned How an Anne Rice novel became a Hollywood saga involving Aaliyah and the guy from Korn. . Jacobs . Matthew . . 2024-04-10 . October 26, 2021.
6. Web site: Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie explore a dark world in ‘The Gloaming’ . April 1, 2019 . 2024-04-10 . Groves . Don.
7. News: Money . Lawrence . Rocky start for a film with a happy ending . 11 April 2024 . The Age . 24 July 2011 . en.
8. News: Hugo Awards for science fiction: Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones,’ Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman: Overture’ win big . Cavna . Michael . 2024-04-10 . August 22, 2016 . Washington Post.
9. Web site: 2016 Hugo Awards . 2024-04-10.