About / Burt Rutherford

I direct it. Design it.Cut it. Build it.

One creative partner from first idea to final frame.

I’m a filmmaker, designer, editor and effects maker. I shape the story, find the visual language and stay close enough to the work to make the hard part real.

That can mean pitching a television identity, cutting a pilot, directing a music video, rebuilding campaign motion across languages, fabricating a miniature or solving a same-day visual effect before air.

I’m happiest where the idea stops being theoretical and has to work on screen.

Burt Rutherford directing an actor on the Doritos Cougar commercial in 2009.
Directing / Doritos Cougar / 2009
Burt fabricating the tabletop space-engine miniature.
Making / miniature fabrication
Burt filming the practical space-engine miniature through atmosphere and water.
Filming / practical photography
Burt working within the practical fog and lighting setup for The Split.
Effects / on-set integration

Creative Direction · Design · Motion · Editorial · Practical + Visual Effects

Recognition

Awarded work.

Promax Gold Award
Promax GoldTypography / Logo Worlds / 2023
Clio Silver Award
Clio SilverOut of Home / Logo Worlds / 2023
Clio Entertainment Silver Award, 2022
Clio Entertainment SilverPicard Season 2 / 2022
Best Editing
Widescreen Festival NomineeCloser / Music Video / 2017

Training

Story. Performance. Direction.

Joan Scheckel
Full Filmmaking Labs program / writing / directing / acting / development
Judith Weston
Directing actors / performance-centered scene work
Brad Barnes
Directing / actor communication / scene practice

Burt Rutherford

Got a cool idea?

Need help expressing it? Need it to look awesome? Let’s make it real.

burt@burtimus.com
Has brain.Will travel.