About Ruth

In 2007, Ruth graduated with a Post-Graduate diploma in Film at Screen Academy Scotland having gained her honours degree at Edinburgh College of Art. Her graduation film, SHE WANTED TO BE BURNT, was nominated in competition in festivals in the UK and across Europe and TANK.TV have programmed the film to appear in an Artprojx showcase with the School of Visual Arts, New York during Armory and Volta in 2011.

In 2009, DigiCult commissioned her short film PARIS/SEXY. It premiered at the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival and was nominated for the UKFC Best British Short film. It has since screened In Competition, including Uppsala Short Film Festival and Encounters International Film Festival and the 8th London Short Film Festival where it won the award for UK Film Council Best British Short.

Ruth recently relocated to London to take part in the prestigious Directors' Series at the National Film and Television School. In 2010 she was selected for the Toronto Talent Lab 010 (35th Toronto International Film Festival).

Ruth is currently working on a slate of short arts projects with cinematographer David Liddell and writing a pilot with her Dad for a series titled, DONLEAVY'S LOOT.

Ruth's Project

Showland

SHOWLAND is a romance about ill-fated lovers.  A contemporary tragedy about forbidden love and sacrifice set in Scotland against the touring backdrops of travelling Funfairs.

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