Michael Rix

Michael Rix

Director at Mirror Mountain Pictures
Director, Animator, Editor and Screenwriter

Cape Town, South Africa

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January 2012
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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).

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Certifications

Photos

Loglines

  • Tengers

    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.

  • Princess

    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

  • Accession

    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

    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

    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

  • "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

  • Tshwane University of Technology
    (1994-1996)

  • King Edward VII School
    (1987-1991)

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