Michael Rix
Director at Mirror Mountain Pictures
Director, Animator, Editor and Screenwriter
Cape Town, South Africa
January 2012
> 2 weeks ago
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About Michael
Graduating Pretoria Film & TV School in 1996, Michael has been involved in numerous South African TV shows as writer, director, animator & editor. He also wrote, directed & edited 'Man in the Street', a micro-budget feature screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2003. South Africa's first ever animated feature, 'Tengers', was Michael's brainchild and pet project from 1999-2007. Selected for over 30 international festivals, it went on to win 4 of them. Since 'Tengers', Michael has written, produced, directed, and/or edited various shorts and features including: 'Teddy' (Short); 'The Game of My Life' (Feature); 'Strings' (Animated short); 'Bipolar' (Animated short); 'Mad Cow' (Feature); 'Double Click' (Animated short) and 'Accession' (Feature).
Badges
Certifications
Links
Loglines
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Tengers Budget: $0 - $100K | Animation While working on "the great South African novel," an unemployed writer gets caught up in the harsh realities of life in the city of Johannesburg.
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Princess Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller A successful artist in a promising new relationship gradually comes to suspect that her lover's 4 year old daughter is trying to kill her.
Credits
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Accession (
2012 )
Film by MMP / Self Writer / director / producer A young man living in a South African township does the unimaginable after discovering he is HIV positive. -
Tengers (
1999 - 2007 )
Film by MMP / Self Writer / director / animator Whilst working on "the great South African novel," an unemployed writer gets caught up in the harsh realities of life in the city of Johannesburg. -
Teddy (
2007 )
Film (short) by MMP / Self Writer / director / animator It's Christmas Eve and little Catherine awakes to find her favorite Teddy preparing to go home for the holidays.
Awards
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"Tengers" - Jozi Film Festival - Best Animated Feature
(2012) -
"Accession" - Tokyo International Film Festival Grand Prix - Nominee
(2012) -
"Tengers" - Black Movie Film Festival - Young Adults Jury Award
(2010)
Education
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Tshwane University of Technology
(1994-1996) -
King Edward VII School
(1987-1991)
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