Michael Rymer - Revision history

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	Such was his enthusiasm for the new series that he worked closely with writer/producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[Emile Smith]] of [[Zoic\|Zoic Studios]] on pre-visualization for the [[Miniseries]], setting out much of what has become the show's visual and vital style.		Such was his enthusiasm for the new series that he worked closely with writer/producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[Emile Smith]] of [[Zoic\|Zoic Studios]] on pre-visualization for the [[Miniseries]], setting out much of what has become the show's visual and vital style.

	Given his intimate involvement with the Miniseries, Rymer was a natural choice to helm the opening episode of the first season, "[[33]]", and to handle both parts of the season's climactic episode, "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] & [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II\|II]]," as well as the Season 2 opening episodes "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]". Rymer also directed many other pivotal episodes of the series, such as "[[Pegasus (episode)\|Pegasus]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] & [[Resurrection Ship, Part II\|II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] & [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II\| II]]" and "[[Crossroads, Part I]] & [[Crossroads, Part II\|II]]".		Given his intimate involvement with the Miniseries, Rymer was a natural choice to helm the opening episode of the first season, "[[33]]," and to handle both parts of the season's climactic episode, "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] & [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II\|II]]," as well as the Season 2 opening episodes "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]". Rymer also directed many other pivotal episodes of the series, such as "[[Pegasus (episode)\|Pegasus]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] & [[Resurrection Ship, Part II\|II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] & [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II\| II]]" and "[[Crossroads, Part I]] & [[Crossroads, Part II\|II]]".

	His extended work on the series and his work with Ron Moore and David Eick has earned him a producer credit for the show from Season Three onward.		His extended work on the series and his work with Ron Moore and David Eick has earned him a producer credit for the show from Season Three onward.

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	Such was his enthusiasm for the new series that he worked closely with writer/producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[Emile Smith]] of [[Zoic\|Zoic Studios]] on pre-visualization for the [[Miniseries]], setting out much of what has become the show's visual and vital style.		Such was his enthusiasm for the new series that he worked closely with writer/producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[Emile Smith]] of [[Zoic\|Zoic Studios]] on pre-visualization for the [[Miniseries]], setting out much of what has become the show's visual and vital style.

	Given his intimate involvement with the Miniseries, Rymer was a natural choice to helm the opening episode of the first season, "[[33]]"," and to handle both parts of the season's climactic episode, "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] & [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II\|II]]," as well as the Season 2 opening episodes "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]". Rymer also directed many other pivotal episodes of the series, such as "[[Pegasus (episode)\|Pegasus]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] & [[Resurrection Ship, Part II\|II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] & [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II\| II]]" and "[[Crossroads, Part I]] & [[Crossroads, Part II\|II]]".		Given his intimate involvement with the Miniseries, Rymer was a natural choice to helm the opening episode of the first season, "[[33]]", and to handle both parts of the season's climactic episode, "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] & [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II\|II]]," as well as the Season 2 opening episodes "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]". Rymer also directed many other pivotal episodes of the series, such as "[[Pegasus (episode)\|Pegasus]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] & [[Resurrection Ship, Part II\|II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] & [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II\| II]]" and "[[Crossroads, Part I]] & [[Crossroads, Part II\|II]]".

	His extended work on the series and his work with Ron Moore and David Eick has earned him a producer credit for the show from Season Three onward.		His extended work on the series and his work with Ron Moore and David Eick has earned him a producer credit for the show from Season Three onward.
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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*[http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/BSG/Michael_Rymer_Interview.html ~~Discussing the Miniseries]~~		*{{Archivelink\|live=N\|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/BSG/Michael_Rymer_Interview.html\|title=Sci Fi Pulse: Michael Rymer Gets Fresh About ''Galactica''}}

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	==Biography==		==Biography==

	Rymer was born in [[w:Melbourne, Australia\|Melbourne]], [[w:Australia\|Australia]], but completed his studies in film at the [[Wikipedia:University of Southern California\|University of Southern California]], where his abilities in writing, producing and directing short films earned him the Warner Communications Scholarship for Directing in 1987. Following this, he wrote two plays, ''Darkness at Noon'' and ''Ensenada'' before he returned to Australia to work on a number of films, initially as a production co-ordinator and as a writer. He made his directorial debut in 1995's "Angel Baby", which premiered at [[:Wikipedia:Robert Redford\|Robert Redford]]'s [[:Wikipedia:Sundance Film Festival\|Sundance Film Festival]], and won a total of seven Australian Film Institute Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Rymer also won the Australian Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, and the [[Wikipedia:Writers' Guild of America\|Writers' Guild of America]] award for Best Original Screenplay.		Rymer was born in [[w:Melbourne, Australia\|Melbourne]], [[w:Australia\|Australia]], but completed his studies in film at the [[Wikipedia:University of Southern California\|University of Southern California]], where his abilities in writing, producing and directing short films earned him the Warner Communications Scholarship for Directing in 1987. Following this, he wrote two plays, ''Darkness at Noon'' and ''Ensenada'' before he returned to Australia to work on a number of films, initially as a production co-ordinator and as a writer. He made his directorial debut in 1995's "Angel Baby," which premiered at [[:Wikipedia:Robert Redford\|Robert Redford]]'s [[:Wikipedia:Sundance Film Festival\|Sundance Film Festival]], and won a total of seven Australian Film Institute Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Rymer also won the Australian Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, and the [[Wikipedia:Writers' Guild of America\|Writers' Guild of America]] award for Best Original Screenplay.

	In 1997, he returned to the United States, where he wrote and directed "Allie and Me", following it up with two directorial stints with "In Too Deep" (1999) and the less-than-stellar "Purfume" (2001), described as an improvisational film.		In 1997, he returned to the United States, where he wrote and directed "Allie and Me," following it up with two directorial stints with "In Too Deep" (1999) and the less-than-stellar "Purfume" (2001), described as an improvisational film.

	In 2002 he helmed "Queen of the Damned", the sequel to 1994's "Interview with the Vampire" before taking the director's chair for the pilot episode of [[Wikipedia:UPN\|UPN]]'s television series, "Haunted". From here he moved onto the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)\|2003 ''Battlestar Galactica'']] production.		In 2002 he helmed "Queen of the Damned," the sequel to 1994's "Interview with the Vampire" before taking the director's chair for the pilot episode of [[Wikipedia:UPN\|UPN]]'s television series, "Haunted". From here he moved onto the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)\|2003 ''Battlestar Galactica'']] production.

	==Rymer and Batttlestar Galactica==		==Rymer and Batttlestar Galactica==
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	Such was his enthusiasm for the new series that he worked closely with writer/producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[Emile Smith]] of [[Zoic\|Zoic Studios]] on pre-visualization for the [[Miniseries]], setting out much of what has become the show's visual and vital style.		Such was his enthusiasm for the new series that he worked closely with writer/producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[Emile Smith]] of [[Zoic\|Zoic Studios]] on pre-visualization for the [[Miniseries]], setting out much of what has become the show's visual and vital style.

	Given his intimate involvement with the Miniseries, Rymer was a natural choice to helm the opening episode of the first season, "[[33]]"", and to handle both parts of the season's climactic episode, "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] & [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II\|II]]", as well as the Season 2 opening episodes "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]". Rymer also directed many other pivotal episodes of the series, such as "[[Pegasus (episode)\|Pegasus]]", "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] & [[Resurrection Ship, Part II\|II]]", "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] & [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II\| II]]" and "[[Crossroads, Part I]] & [[Crossroads, Part II\|II]]".		Given his intimate involvement with the Miniseries, Rymer was a natural choice to helm the opening episode of the first season, "[[33]]"," and to handle both parts of the season's climactic episode, "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] & [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II\|II]]," as well as the Season 2 opening episodes "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]". Rymer also directed many other pivotal episodes of the series, such as "[[Pegasus (episode)\|Pegasus]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] & [[Resurrection Ship, Part II\|II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] & [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II\| II]]" and "[[Crossroads, Part I]] & [[Crossroads, Part II\|II]]".

	His extended work on the series and his work with Ron Moore and David Eick has earned him a producer credit for the show from Season Three onward.		His extended work on the series and his work with Ron Moore and David Eick has earned him a producer credit for the show from Season Three onward.

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	==Rymer and Batttlestar Galactica==		==Rymer and Batttlestar Galactica==
	A self-confessed science-fiction fan, Rymer was not given to watching the [[Battlestar Galactica ~~(TOS)~~\|Original Series]], and didn't make a point of viewing it when he took the assignment, noting:		A self-confessed science-fiction fan, Rymer was not given to watching the {{TOS\|Battlestar Galactica\|Original Series}}, and didn't make a point of viewing it when he took the assignment, noting:

	:"The thing that pulled me in was the script. I had just had a very intense year working on my first big - budget studio film, which was ''Queen of the Damned'', and after that I told my agent and manager, 'I just want to do a character piece, with people talking in rooms. I don't want to do anything with special effects or big set - pieces.' So the next script I get is ''Battlestar Galactica'' [the [[Miniseries]]], and I just said to them, 'What are you thinking?' But they told me to read it, I agreed and I just couldn't put the script down. I loved the characters and the realism of the piece, and I just said, 'OK, once more unto the breach!'"		:"The thing that pulled me in was the script. I had just had a very intense year working on my first big - budget studio film, which was ''Queen of the Damned'', and after that I told my agent and manager, 'I just want to do a character piece, with people talking in rooms. I don't want to do anything with special effects or big set - pieces.' So the next script I get is ''Battlestar Galactica'' [the [[Miniseries]]], and I just said to them, 'What are you thinking?' But they told me to read it, I agreed and I just couldn't put the script down. I loved the characters and the realism of the piece, and I just said, 'OK, once more unto the breach!'"

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	'''Michael Rymer''' (born 1963) is a film director and writer. He is noted for setting the tone and direction for the entire [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)\|Re-imagined Series]] in terms of how the show looks on film, namely due to his direction of both the [[Miniseries]] and various episodes for the series itself.		'''Michael Rymer''' (born 1963) is a film director and writer. He is noted for setting the tone and direction for the entire [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)\|Re-imagined Series]] in terms of how the show looks on film, namely due to his direction of both the [[Miniseries]] and various episodes for the series itself.
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	*[http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/BSG/Michael_Rymer_Interview.html Discussing the Miniseries]		*[http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/BSG/Michael_Rymer_Interview.html Discussing the Miniseries]

	~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Rymer, Michael}}~~

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			**[[Daybreak, Part I]]
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	== Writer credits for "Battlestar Galactica" ==		== Writer credits for "Battlestar Galactica" ==

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	'''Michael Rymer''' (born 1963) is a film director and writer. He is noted for setting the tone and direction for the entire [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)\|re-imagined ~~series~~]] in terms of how the show looks on film, namely due to his direction of both the [[Miniseries]] and various episodes for the series itself.		'''Michael Rymer''' (born 1963) is a film director and writer. He is noted for setting the tone and direction for the entire [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)\|Re-imagined Series]] in terms of how the show looks on film, namely due to his direction of both the [[Miniseries]] and various episodes for the series itself.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	**[[He That Believeth In Me]]		**[[He That Believeth In Me]]
			**[[The Road Less Traveled]]
	~~''See also:~~ [[~~:Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer\|Episodes directed by Michael Rymer~~]]''		**[[Revelations]]

	== Writer credits for "Battlestar Galactica" ==		== Writer credits for "Battlestar Galactica" ==
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	**[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]		**[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
	**[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]		**[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
	~~''See also: [[:Category:Episodes written by Michael Rymer\|Episodes written by Michael Rymer]]''~~

	==External Links==		==External Links==