11 Facts About Michael Rubbo

Michael Rubbo is the grandson of the painter Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and is one of four children.

Michael Rubbo attended the private Scotch College, and studied anthropology at Sydney University.

Michael Rubbo earned a Fulbright scholarship to study film at Stanford University, California; in 1965, he graduated with a Master's degree in Communication Arts.

Michael Rubbo approached the 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.

At the time, the NFB was encouraging an objective approach to non-fiction film, including the use of voice-of-God narration, but Michael Rubbo became an early pioneer in the field of metafilm, creating subjective, highly personal films that were more like personal journals than objective records of reality.

In between films, Michael Rubbo taught at Australia's National Film School, and was a visiting lecturer at New York University, UCLA, Stanford University, the University of Florida, Harvard University and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.

Michael Rubbo's work has influenced numerous filmmakers, notably Michael Moore, Nick Broomfield, Louis Theroux, Tina DiFeliciantonio and Karen Goodman.

Michael Rubbo's films have been screened at many festivals including the Sydney Film Festival.

Michael Rubbo has directed and written four children's feature films including The Peanut Butter Solution, Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller, The Return of Tommy Tricker, and the Daytime Emmy award-winning film Vincent and Me.

Michael Rubbo was prominent in the campaign to stop plans to redevelop the theatre.

Michael Rubbo is a prominent advocate for the widespread use of bicycles.