Nick Rutter

 

Gothaer - Create Your Future


Azimo - Hard Work Deserves More


Havana Club – The Mojito


Google


Tanqueray – Shay Ola


Gilles Peterson – Havana Cultura


Virgin Media – Freeze


Aviva


 

Nick Rutter’s award-winning films have been at Cannes Film Festival, on Channel 4, and the BBC. He studied for his MA at Goldsmiths College and also studied at London’s Panic Film School and the Brighton Film School. His break into film-making came with a series of documentaries on the bands Madness, The Clash and The Sex Pistols. Commercial clients include premium brands such as Tanqueray, Axe, Aviva, Google, Tesco and Heineken for which he won gold at Epica awards and a bronze at Cannes Lions.

His short "The World Turns" won a Fuji Short Film award, and was nominated for a Shine award at the Bradford Film Festival as well as selected for numerous screenings including Danny Boyle's shuffle Festival. Oscar -winning producer Gareth Unwin said it demonstrated a distinct ability to craft a narrative, with a wonderful aesthetic. His double EMMY- nominated documentary Monty Python "Almost The Truth" was screamed in cinemas across the UK and USA before being shown on BBC2 and Netflix.

Nick’s visually dynamic story-telling can be seen in several music videos. Melpomene was hailed as passionate and evocative by judges at the UK Music Video Awards. Some of his most recognisable videos for artist Lapalux, include 'Without You’ starring Natalie Tena (Harry Potter, About A Boy, Game of Thrones) awarded 1st place at the Smalls Film Festival, other work includes Vaults and Rag and Bone Man with youtube views reaching far into the millions. 

It’s shouldn’t go un-mentioned nicks series of successful Straight8 films with screenings at the Cannes Film Festival, the London Film Festival and Channel 4 including the renowned spoof, The Yorkshire Rapper and Straight 8’s hall of fame favourite 'From Russia with Monsters'

Recently signed to My Accomplice, Nick is currently writing a 30 minute drama, with the support of Fuji Film due to completed this year and is continuing to bolster his reel with commercial projects.