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[[File:Michael Rymer 2011.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.85|Rymer in 2011]]
'''Michael Rymer''' (born March 1963 in [[Melbourne]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/michael_rymer | title=Michael Rymer - Rotten Tomatoes | access-date=2024-04-10 | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>) is an Australian<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/michael-rymer/6309/ | title=Michael Rymber biography and filmography | access-date=2024-04-10 | work=tribute.ca}}</ref> television and film director, best known for his work on the re-imagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica (reimagining)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' TV series, for which he directed [[Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries)|the pilot miniseries]] and several episodes of [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the series]]. He also directed ''[[In Too Deep (1999 film)|In Too Deep]]'' and ''[[Queen of the Damned]]''.

Rymer attended film school at the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/michael_rymer_01.htm | title=Michael Rymer interview | access-date=2024-04-10 | date=May 5, 2007 | first=Gilles | last=Nuytens | work=The SciFi World}}</ref>

==Filmography==
*''[[Dead Sleep]]'' (1990)
*''[[Angel Baby (1995 film)|Angel Baby]]'' (1995)<ref name="if">{{cite web | url=https://if.com.au/michael-rymer-readies-sci-fi-series-tremula-picnic-at-hanging-rock-mini/ | title=Michael Rymer readies sci-fi series 'Tremula', 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' mini | date=November 4, 2016 | accessdate=2024-04-10 | last=Windsor | first=Harry }}</ref>
*''[[Allie & Me]]'' (1997)
*''[[In Too Deep (1999 film)|In Too Deep]]'' (1999)
*''[[Perfume (2001 film)|Perfume]]'' (2001)
*''[[Queen of the Damned]]'' (2002)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/an-oral-history-of-queen-of-the-damned.html | title=An Oral History of Queen of the Damned How an Anne Rice novel became a Hollywood saga involving Aaliyah and the guy from Korn. | last=Jacobs | first=Matthew | work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] | access-date=2024-04-10 | date=October 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="if"/>
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (2003)<ref name="if"/>
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (2004–2009)<ref name="if"/>
*''Revolution'' (2009)
*''[[Face to Face (2011 film)|Face to Face]]'' (2011)<ref name="if"/>
*''[[American Horror Story: Asylum]]'' (2012)<ref name="if"/>
*''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]'' (2013–2015)<ref name="if"/>
*''[[Deadline Gallipoli]]'' (2015)
*''[[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]]'' (2015)<ref name="if"/>
*''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'' (2015)<ref name="if"/>
*''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series)|Picnic at Hanging Rock]]'' (2018) (2 episodes)
*''[[The Gloaming (TV series)]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://if.com.au/emma-booth-ewen-leslie-explore-a-dark-world-in-the-gloaming/ | title=Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie explore a dark world in 'The Gloaming' | date=April 1, 2019 | access-date=2024-04-10 | last=Groves | first=Don}}</ref>

==Awards==
Rymer's directorial debut, ''[[Angel Baby (1995 film)|Angel Baby]]'', won seven [[AACTA Awards|Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards]] 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 [[Byron Bay International Film Festival]] for the film ''Face to Face'', and the [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form]] for the ''Jessica Jones'' episode "[[AKA Smile]]" 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 | newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ | title=2016 Hugo Awards | date=29 December 2015 | access-date=2024-04-10}}</ref> The 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries, which he directed, won the [[Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation]] in [[30th Saturn Awards|2004]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0753382}}

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