Jack Ruttan
Writing and Illustration
2363 rue de Rouen, Montreal, Quebec,
CANADA H2K 1M1
tel./fax: (514) 529-7950 cell: (514)
291-0527jack.ruttan090@sympatico.ca
Jack Ruttan is a freelance scriptwriter and
illustrator with a sense of humour, and a fresh take on
the world.
He also writes presentation documents for film and
television projects.
(Clients include Trio Orange, CMJ Productions, Cirrus Productions,
Amérimage-Spectra, Pixcom
Productions, and others.)
Not to mention: translation from French to English, and
experience in website creation.
He does funny illustrations (and comic strips) in watercolour
and pen and ink.
Career Highlights:
Web writer for How It's Made.com. Productions Maj, 2009-10.
- Scriptwriting and Narration for the science
documentary series What's That About? -
Pixcom Productions.
Seven hour-long episodes broadcast on Discovery Canada,
2006-2008.
Season Two:
- The Scrap Yard
- The Steak House
- The Casino
- The Construction Site
Season Three:
- The Brewery
- Spies and Security Ops
- The Power Plant
- Writer (credited as Post-Production
Consultant): Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony: A
Composer's Journey Through Middle Earth - DVD for
New Line / Amérimage Spectra, 2003.
- Visiting artist: Ink on the Edge - 15 Montreal
Alternative Cartoonists. Exhibition at Tadu Gallery,
Bangkok, Thailand, with the Canadian Embassy. November-December,
2004.
- Writing on the visual arts, books, and film for many
publications, including the Montreal Mirror, The
Montreal Gazette, Canadian Art, ESPACE
Sculpture, The Montreal Review of Books, and The
Calgary Sun. Weekly art critic for the Mirror,
1990-92.
- Illustration for many clients, including McGill University, Caisses
Desjardins and The Office of the Governor General of
Canada.
- Ruttan: a monthly full-page cartoon for
Books in Canada Magazine, 1991-1993.
Background:
- Bachelor of Arts (English Literature) The
University of Calgary, 1980.
- Banff School for the Fine Arts, 1986-87, for
Writing, and the Music Theatre Studio
Ensemble.
- Member of the Writers' Guild of Canada, and
the Quebec Writers Federation.
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