---
name: "Michael Philippou"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-philippou"
fi1m_id: "michael-philippou"
imdb_id: "nm6100536"
tmdb_id: 2070452
wikidata_id: "Q121118648"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "13 November 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T02:52:09.140628+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Philippou

## Identity

Michael Philippou

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-philippou
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-philippou
- **IMDb ID:** nm6100536
- **TMDB ID:** 2070452
- **Wikidata ID:** Q121118648
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Philippou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121118648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6100536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2070452

Director and producer. Born 13 November 1992 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 13 November 1992, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** RackaRacka, مايكل فيليبو, Philippou Brothers
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Hinzman](https://film.one/person/bill-hinzman.md), [Danny Philippou](https://film.one/person/danny-philippou.md), [Kristina Ceyton](https://film.one/person/kristina-ceyton.md), [Samantha Jennings](https://film.one/person/samantha-jennings.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (1), 2020s 75 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Philippou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121118648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6100536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2070452

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Talk to Me*](https://film.one/film/talk-to-me.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Bring Her Back*](https://film.one/film/bring-her-back.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Philippou is an Australian director, actor and YouTuber. Born on 13 November 1992 in Adelaide, South Australia, he works with his twin brother Danny Philippou under the name RackaRacka.

The brothers began with comedy-horror and parody videos on YouTube. They made their feature directorial debut with the horror film *Talk to Me* (2023). They subsequently directed *Bring Her Back* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Bring Her Back* (2025), Fi1m 74, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bring-her-back.md)
- *Talk to Me* (2023), Fi1m 76, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-me.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Babadook* (2014), Fi1m 86, Production Runner — [page](https://film.one/film/the-babadook.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Street Fighter* (2026), Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/street-fighter.md)
- *Bring Her Back* (2025), Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/bring-her-back.md)
- *Talk to Me* (2023), Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-me.md)
- *The Strange Chores* (2019), series, as Charlie (voice)
- *Deadlock* (2018), series, as Jed
- *Deluge* (2014), Director
- *The Babadook* (2014), as Production Runner — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-babadook.md)
- *Neoplasm* (2011), Producer
- *Untitled Philippou Brothers Film*, Director
- *Untitled Talk to Me Series*, series, Executive Producer
- *Deathmatch*, Director
- *Untitled Talk to Me Prequel*, Director
- *Talk 2 Me*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Michael Philippou](https://film.one/media/person/8217/gallery-c375cf517872.png) Michael Philippou — Cold Ones Clips, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Michael_Philippou_on_Cold_Ones.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Australian YouTubers RackaRacka (Danny (right) and Michael Philippou) on the Cold Ones podcast in Melbourne, Australia, March 2020](https://film.one/media/person/8217/gallery-43d5bbeee535.png) Australian YouTubers RackaRacka (Danny (right) and Michael Philippou) on the Cold Ones podcast in Melbourne, Australia, March 2020 — Cold Ones Clips, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/RackaRacka_on_Cold_Ones.png/1280px-RackaRacka_on_Cold_Ones.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Die Regisseure und Hauptdarsteller bei der Aufführung von Talk to Me in der Verti Music Hall](https://film.one/media/person/8217/gallery-9e89690e5bad.jpg) Die Regisseure und Hauptdarsteller bei der Aufführung von Talk to Me in der Verti Music Hall — Queryzo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Talk_to_Me_Berlinale_2023_Verti_Music_Hall_01.jpg/1280px-Talk_to_Me_Berlinale_2023_Verti_Music_Hall_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Die Regisseure und Hauptdarsteller bei der Aufführung von Talk to Me in der Verti Music Hall](https://film.one/media/person/8217/gallery-73f6dd451410.jpg) Die Regisseure und Hauptdarsteller bei der Aufführung von Talk to Me in der Verti Music Hall — Queryzo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Talk_to_Me_Berlinale_2023_Verti_Music_Hall_02.jpg/1280px-Talk_to_Me_Berlinale_2023_Verti_Music_Hall_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Philippou](https://film.one/media/person/8217/gallery-d53515d70d4b.jpg) Michael Philippou — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Philippou](https://film.one/media/person/8217/gallery-76883fe4c9a7.jpg) Michael Philippou — Image via TMDB

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