Michael Rymer (born March 1963 in

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) is an Australian television and film director, best known for his work on the re-imagined ''

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'' 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

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Filmography

*'' Dead Sleep'' (1990) *'' Angel Baby'' (1995) *'' Allie and Me'' (1997) *'' In Too Deep'' (1999) *''

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'' (2001) *'' Queen of the Damned'' (2002) *''

'' (2003) *''

'' (2004–2009) *''Revolution'' (2009) *'' Face to Face'' (2011) *'' American Horror Story: Asylum'' (2012) *''

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'' (2013–2015) *'' Deadline Gallipoli'' (2015) *'' The Man in the High Castle'' (2015) *''

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'' (2015) *'' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (2018) (2 episodes) *'' The Gloaming (TV series)''

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. 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

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* 1963 births Living people Australian horror film directors Australian television directors Hugo Award winners USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni {{Australia-film-director-stub