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Australian film director (born 1938)

Michael Rubbo Rubbo in October, 2017 Born Michael Dattilo Rubbo (1938-12-31) 31 December 1938 (age 87) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Alma mater Scotch College Sydney University Stanford University Occupations Director writer producer Spouse Katerina Rubbo Children 2 Awards See below

**Michael Dattilo Rubbo** (born 31 December 1938) is an Australian documentarian/[filmmaker](/source/Filmmaker).

## Early life

Rubbo, film maker and artist, was born in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), the son of Australian microbiologist Sydney Dattilo Rubbo,[1] and artist Ellen Rubbo with whom he had his first exhibition at The Argus Gallery. He is the grandson of the painter [Antonio Dattilo Rubbo](/source/Antonio_Dattilo_Rubbo) and is one of four children. He attended the private [Scotch College](/source/Scotch_College%2C_Melbourne), and studied anthropology at [Sydney University](/source/Sydney_University). He earned a [Fulbright scholarship](/source/Fulbright_scholarship) to study film at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), California; in 1965, he graduated with a Master's degree in Communication Arts.

## Career

Rubbo approached the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) about an internship, but they were so impressed by his thesis film, *The True Source of Knowledge*, they hired him to make films, initially for children. He spent the next 20 years there, as a director, writer, editor and/or producer, mainly of serious films. At the time, the NFB was encouraging an objective approach to non-fiction film, including the use of [voice-of-God narration](/source/Voice_of_God#media),[2] but Rubbo became an early pioneer in the field of [metafilm](/source/Metafilm), creating subjective, highly personal films that were more like personal journals than objective records of reality. His best-known NFB films are *[Sad Song of Yellow Skin](/source/Sad_Song_of_Yellow_Skin)* (1972), *[Waiting for Fidel](/source/Waiting_for_Fidel)* (1973), *Wet Earth and Warm People*, and *[Margaret Atwood: Once in August](/source/Margaret_Atwood%3A_Once_in_August)* (1984).

In between films, Rubbo taught at Australia's [National Film School](/source/Australian_Film_Television_and_Radio_School), and was a visiting lecturer at [New York University](/source/New_York_University), [UCLA](/source/UCLA), [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), the [University of Florida](/source/University_of_Florida), [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) and the [Australian Film, Television and Radio School](/source/Australian_Film%2C_Television_and_Radio_School). His work has influenced numerous filmmakers, notably [Michael Moore](/source/Michael_Moore), [Nick Broomfield](/source/Nick_Broomfield),[3] [Louis Theroux](/source/Louis_Theroux),[4] Tina DiFeliciantonio[5] and [Karen Goodman](/source/Karen_Goodman).[6]

In 1990, he returned to Australia to take the position of Head of Documentaries at the [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation).

Rubbo's films have won numerous awards. Many have been shown on TV and are in the collections of the [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art) (MOMA) and film schools around the world. His films have been screened at many festivals including the [Sydney Film Festival](/source/Sydney_Film_Festival).[7]

Rubbo has also directed and written four children's feature films including *[The Peanut Butter Solution](/source/The_Peanut_Butter_Solution)* (1985), *[Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller](/source/Tommy_Tricker_and_the_Stamp_Traveller)* (1988), *The Return of Tommy Tricker* (1994), and the [Daytime Emmy](/source/Daytime_Emmy) award-winning film *[Vincent and Me](/source/Vincent_and_Me)* (1990).

In 2017, he published the book *Travels with My Art*.[8]

## Personal life

Rubbo and his wife Katerina, a Russian interpreter, teacher and artist,[9] live in Avoca Beach, New South Wales. Rubbo has two grown children, Nicolas Rubbo (living in Canada) and Ellen Rubbo living in Australia.

In 2013, the [BBC](/source/BBC) named the [Avoca Beach Theatre](/source/Avoca_Beach_Theatre) as one of the 10 most beautiful cinemas in the world.[10] Rubbo was prominent in the campaign to stop plans to redevelop the theatre. Rubbo is also a prominent advocate for the widespread use of bicycles.

## Filmography

- *The True Source of Knowledge* - documentary short, [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) 1965 - director[11]

- *The Long Haul Men* - documentary short 1966 - director[12]

- *Sir! Sir!* - documentary short, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1968 - director[13]

- *Mrs. Ryan’s Drama Class* - documentary short, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1969 - director[14]

- *[Sad Song of Yellow Skin](/source/Sad_Song_of_Yellow_Skin)* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada)/[PBS](/source/PBS) 1970 - director, writer, editor[15]

- *Solomon’s Housing* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1970 - director

- *Wet Earth and Warm People* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1971 - director, writer, editor[16]

- *Persistent and Finagling* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1971 - director, writer, editor[17]

- *OK…Camera* - documentary short, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1972 - director[18]

- *The Streets of Saigon* - documentary short, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1973 - director, writer, editor[19]

- *The Man Who Couldn’t Stop* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1973 - director, writer, editor[20]

- *Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut* - documentary short, [Tony Ianzelo](/source/Tony_Ianzelo), [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1974 - producer[21]

- *[Waiting for Fidel](/source/Waiting_for_Fidel)* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1974 - director, writer, editor, co-producer with [Tom Daly](/source/Tom_Daly_(filmmaker))[22]

- *I Am an Old Tree* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1975 - director, writer, editor, co-producer with [Tom Daly](/source/Tom_Daly_(filmmaker))[23]

- *Log House* - documentary short [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1976 - director, with Andreas Poulsson[24]

- *The Walls Come Tumbling Down* - documentary short, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1976 - director (with Pierre Lasry & [William Weintraub](/source/William_Weintraub)), writer, editor[25]

- *I Hate to Lose* - documentary [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1977[26] - director, writer, editor

- *Solzhenitsyn’s Children…Are Making a Lot of Noise in Paris* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1979 - director, writer, editor[27]

- *Yes or No, Jean-Guy Moreau* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1979[28] - director, writer

- *Daisy: The Story of a Facelift* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1982 - director, writer, editor, co-producer with Kate Jansen[29]

- *Not Far from Bolgatanga* - documentary short, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1982 - writer, editor, co-producer and co-director with Barrie Howells[30]

- *[Margaret Atwood: Once in August](/source/Margaret_Atwood%3A_Once_in_August)* - documentary, [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) 1984[31] - director, writer, editor, co-producer with Barrie Howells

- *[The Peanut Butter Solution](/source/The_Peanut_Butter_Solution)* - feature, Les Productions La Fête/[Telefilm Canada](/source/Telefilm_Canada) 1985 - director, writer, producer

- *[Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller](/source/Tommy_Tricker_and_the_Stamp_Traveller)* - feature, Les Productions La Fête/[Telefilm Canada](/source/Telefilm_Canada) 1988 - director, writer

- *[Vincent and Me](/source/Vincent_and_Me)* aka *Vincent et Moi* - feature, Les Productions La Fête/[Telefilm Canada](/source/Telefilm_Canada) 1990 - director, writer

- *The Return of Tommy Tricker* - feature, Les Productions La Fête/[Telefilm Canada](/source/Telefilm_Canada) 1994[32] - director, writer

- *Uni* - documentary series, [Simon Target](/source/Simon_Target), [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) 1997[33] - producer

- *[Race Around the World](/source/Race_Around_the_World)* - documentary series, [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) 1997 - executive producer

- *King’s School* - documentary series, [Simon Target](/source/Simon_Target), [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)[34] 1998 - producer

- *The Little Box That Sings* - documentary, [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) 1999[35] - director, writer, producer

- *Much Ado About Something* - documentary, [PBS](/source/PBS)/[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) 2001[36] - director, writer, producer

- *All About Olive* - documentary, The Helpful Eye 2004[37] - director

- *A Hard Rain* - documentary, [David Bradbury](/source/David_Bradbury_(film_maker)), Frontline Films 2007[38] - writer

- *Michael Rubbo's Documentary Journey* - instructive series, Michael Rubbo, Ellen Rubbo 2020[39]

## Awards

*Mrs. Ryan's Drama Class* 1969 (director)[40]

- Conference on Children, Washington DC: Certificate of Merit, 1970

*[Sad Song of Yellow Skin](/source/Sad_Song_of_Yellow_Skin)* (1970)[41]

- [24th British Academy Film Awards](/source/24th_British_Academy_Film_Awards), London: [BAFTA Award for Best Documentary](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Documentary), 1971

- [Melbourne International Film Festival](/source/Melbourne_International_Film_Festival), [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne): Silver Boomerang, Best Film, 1971[42]

- HEMISFILM, [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio) TX: Best Film, 1971

- Festival of World Television, Los Angeles: Best Documentary, 1971

- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon Award, 1971

- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Emily Award, 1971

- [22nd Canadian Film Awards](/source/22nd_Canadian_Film_Awards): Special Award for Reportage, 1970

- [Atlanta Film Festival](/source/Atlanta_Film_Festival): Gold Medal, Special Jury Award, 1971

*Wet Earth and Warm People* (1971)[43]

- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Honourable Mention, Sociological Studies of Specific Groups or Lifestyles in a Society, 1972

- [Atlanta Film Festival](/source/Atlanta_Film_Festival), [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta): Bronze Medal, Feature, 1972

- [Melbourne International Film Festival](/source/Melbourne_International_Film_Festival), [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne): Diploma of Merit, 1972

*The Man Who Can’t Stop* (1973)[44]

- Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Certificate of Merit, 1974

*[Waiting for Fidel](/source/Waiting_for_Fidel)* (1974)[45]

- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, World Concerns, 1976

*Bate’s Car: Sweet as a Nut* (1974)[46]

- Biofest, [Novi Sad](/source/Novi_Sad), [Yugoslavia](/source/Serbia): Award of Merit, 1976

*The Walls Come Tumbling Down* (1976)[47]

- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon Award, Citizen Action, 1978

*Where Have All the Maoists Gone?* (1978)

- [International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg](/source/International_Filmfestival_Mannheim-Heidelberg), [Mannheim](/source/Mannheim), Germany: Interfilm Award, 1978[48]

*Solzhenitsyn’s Children…Are Making a Lot of Noise in Paris* (1979)[49]

- [International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg](/source/International_Filmfestival_Mannheim-Heidelberg), [Mannheim](/source/Mannheim), Germany: International Evangelical Award, 1979

*Daisy: The Story of a Facelift* (1982)[50]

- [Melbourne International Film Festival](/source/Melbourne_International_Film_Festival), [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne): Diploma of Merit, 1983

- [Uppsala International Short Film Festival](/source/Uppsala_International_Short_Film_Festival), [Uppsala](/source/Uppsala), Sweden: Best Documentary Film, 1984

- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon Award, Mental Health/Health/Guidance, 1984

*[The Peanut Butter Solution](/source/The_Peanut_Butter_Solution)* (1985)

- [Giffoni Film Festival](/source/Giffoni_Film_Festival), Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy: Gold Medal, 1986

- Laon International Film Festival for Young People, [Laon](/source/Laon), France: Public's Choice Award, 1986

*[Vincent and Me](/source/Vincent_and_Me)* 1990

- [Daytime Emmy Awards](/source/Daytime_Emmy_Awards), New York: Outstanding Children's Special, 1991

- Wisconsin International Children's Film Festival, [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee): WisKid Award, Full-Length Feature, 1991

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Obituary Sydney D Rubbo"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00313027009077329?journalCode=ipat20). *Pathology*. **2** (1). Taylor & Francis Online: 83. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3109/00313027009077329](https://doi.org/10.3109%2F00313027009077329). Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Freeman, Hadley (7 November 2019). ["Stabbed Toes and Swallowed Eyeballs..."](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/07/stabbed-tongues-and-swallowed-eyeballs-was-the-amazing-johnathans-terminal-diagnosis-his-greatest-trick) *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** DiFeliciantonio, Tina (2 February 2003). ["Playback: Mike Rubbo's 'Sad Song of Yellow Skin'"](https://www.documentary.org/column/playback-mike-rubbos-sad-song-yellow-skin). *documentary.org*. International Documentary Association. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Meet the Academy Award Nominees..."](https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/meet-academy-award-nominees-kirk-simon-and-karen-goodman-strangers-no-more) *documentary.org*. International Documentary Association. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Rubbo, Michael (2017). [*Travels with My Art*](https://books.google.com/books?id=q9LJtAEACAAJ). Michael Rubbo. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780994503640](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780994503640).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Katerina Rubbo"](https://www.botanicalartsocietyaustralia.com/Katerina-Rubbo). *botanicalartsocietyaustralia.com*. Botanical Art Society of Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Sir! Sir!"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/sir_sir/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Sad Song of Yellow Skin"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/sad-song-of-yellow-skin/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Wet Earth and Warm People"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/wet_earth_and_warm_people/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Persistent and Finagling'"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/persistent_and_finagling/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["OK...Camera"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/ok_camera/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["The Streets of Saigon"](https://en.kinorium.com/182310/). *kinorium.com*. Kinorium. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["The Man Who Can't Stop"](http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=12808). *onf-nfb.gc.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/bates_car_sweet_as_a_nut/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["Waiting for Fidel"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/waiting_for_fidel/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["I Am an Old Tree"](https://en.kinorium.com/181722/). *kinorium.com*. Kinorium. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["Log House"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/log_house/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["The Walls Come Tumbling Down"](http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=12638). *onf-nfb.gc.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** ["I Hate to Lose"](https://en.kinorium.com/181723/). *kinorium.com*. Kinorium. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-28)** ["Yes or No, Jean-Guy Moreau"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/yes_or_no_jean-guy_moreau/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-29)** ["Daisy: The Story of a Facelift"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/daisy_the_story_of_a_facelift/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-30)** ["Not Far from Bolgatanga"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/not_far_from_bolgatanga/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-31)** ["Margaret Atwood: Once in August"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/margaret_atwood_once_in_august/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-32)** ["The Return of Tommy Tricker"](https://en.kinorium.com/101034/). *kinorium.com*. Kinorium. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-35)** ["The Little Box That Sings"](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/the-little-box-that-sings-1999/16321). *screenaustralia.gov.au*. Screen Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-40)** ["Mrs. Ryan's Drama Class"](http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10892). *onf-nfb.gc.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-41)** ["Sad Song of Yellow Skin"](http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10521). *onf-nfb.gc.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-43)** ["Wet Earth and Warm People"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/wet_earth_and_warm_people/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-44)** ["The Man Who Can't Stop"](http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=12808). *onf-nfb.gc.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-45)** ["Waiting for Fidel"](https://www.nfb.ca/film/waiting_for_fidel/). *nfb.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-47)** ["The Walls Come Tumbling Down"](http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=12638). *onf-nfb.gc.ca*. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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