Michael Rubbo

Michael Rubbo

DirectorActorProducerWriterProduction Dec 31 (age 87) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1967–2012 (45 year career)

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Biography

Michael Rubbo is an Australian documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, and director known for his innovative and personal approach to nonfiction storytelling. A longtime contributor to the National Film Board of Canada, Rubbo crafted documentaries that blended observation with subjective narration, often inserting himself into the narrative—a style that influenced later generations of documentary filmmakers. His notable works include Sad Song of Yellow Skin (1970), which explored the impact of the …

Known For

The Peanut Butter Solution

The Peanut Butter Solution

Director

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

Director

Waiting for Fidel

Waiting for Fidel

Self

The Return of Tommy Tricker

The Return of Tommy Tricker

Director

Vincent and Me

Vincent and Me

Director

Much Ado About Something

Much Ado About Something

Himself

Margaret Atwood: Once in August

Margaret Atwood: Once in August

Himself

Unfinished Diary

Unfinished Diary

The husband

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

Much Ado About Something

Much Ado About Something

as Himself

Margaret Atwood: Once in August

Margaret Atwood: Once in August

as Himself

Unfinished Diary

Unfinished Diary

as The husband

Waiting for Fidel

Waiting for Fidel

as Self

Sad Song of Yellow Skin

Sad Song of Yellow Skin

as Narrator

Crew (43)

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Movies (42)

Murder on the Shanghai

Director

Much Ado About Something

Much Ado About Something

Director

Maverick on a Mobile

Executive Producer

The Return of Tommy Tricker

The Return of Tommy Tricker

Director

The Return of Tommy Tricker

The Return of Tommy Tricker

Writer

Vincent and Me

Vincent and Me

Director

Vincent and Me

Vincent and Me

Writer

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

Director

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

Writer

Courage to Change

Courage to Change

Producer

The Peanut Butter Solution

The Peanut Butter Solution

Director

The Peanut Butter Solution

The Peanut Butter Solution

Writer

Margaret Atwood: Once in August

Margaret Atwood: Once in August

Director

Daisy: The Story of a Facelift

Daisy: The Story of a Facelift

Director

Challenger: An Industrial Romance

Challenger: An Industrial Romance

Associate Producer

Challenger: An Industrial Romance

Challenger: An Industrial Romance

Co-Director

Temiscaming, Québec

Editor

Waiting for Fidel

Waiting for Fidel

Director

Waiting for Fidel

Waiting for Fidel

Editor

Waiting for Fidel

Waiting for Fidel

Producer

Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut

Producer

OK ... Camera

Director

Cold Pizza

Cold Pizza

Producer

Wet Earth and Warm People

Wet Earth and Warm People

Director

Wet Earth and Warm People

Wet Earth and Warm People

Editor

Wet Earth and Warm People

Wet Earth and Warm People

Writer

Persistent and Finagling

Director

Persistent and Finagling

Editor

Persistent and Finagling

Writer

Sad Song of Yellow Skin

Sad Song of Yellow Skin

Director

Sad Song of Yellow Skin

Sad Song of Yellow Skin

Editor

Adventures

Adventures

Director

Adventures

Adventures

Editor

Adventures

Adventures

Writer

Sir! Sir!

Director

That Mouse

Director

That Mouse

Screenplay

Log House

Director

I Am an Old Tree

Director

I Am an Old Tree

Editor

I Am an Old Tree

Producer

I Am an Old Tree

Writer

Television (1)

Adieu Alouette

Director