Directed by RT!

Visionary director RT! has emerged as one of Canada's most eclectic storytellers since debuting on the music video filmmaking scene over a decade ago. Known for his reputation of developing bold but emotionally driven visuals, RT! has directed long form episodic television for Netflix, Disney, Bell Media and is currently wrapping production in Europe directing the first season of an international science fiction series for HULU.

MUSIC VIDEO & ADVERTISING
With over 160 music videos, commercials, short films, and 17 International filmmaking awards, RT! Is the most awarded music video director in Canadian Awards History, including winning Director of the year, two years consecutively at the MuchMusic Video Awards. He ha shot videos with International music artists like DRAKE, SNOOP DOGG, & SEAN PAUL. No stranger to the commercial world, RT! has helmed spots for Nike, Sony, Blackberry and Nickelodeon.

ACCOLADES
After a decade in the commercial and music video industry RT! dove headfirst into long form filmmaking in 2012 with ALIVE, an original TV movie & transmedia property for Bell Media that was honoured with two Canadian Screen Award nominations, including a Best Director nod for RT! The acknowledgements continued in 2015, when his episodic television work earned him a Directors Guild of Canada Best Director nomination.

In 2016 RT! was selected to develop his first feature at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival's STUDIO writer/directors Lab. The same year his latest short film THE TIME TRAVELER won Best of show at the Canadian Film Festival. Constantly looking to push narrative boundaries RT! also began working in the interactive media space in 2016. His VR experience, TRANSPORT, commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival for the the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, was the standout fixture of the event. Later that year RT! was named one of PLAYBACK magazines top 5 industry professionals to watch for 2017.

PERSONAL
In addition to his industry experience RT! continues to advocate for opportunities for the inner city youth in communities similar to the neighbourhoods he came up in. In 2009 RT! & The Remix Project partnered with Team Seven Productions and Temple Street Productions to create the CITYLIFEFILM project, an educational initiative that exposes inner city filmmakers to industry level training & access, empowering them to create short films from their own experiences.

RT! continues to follow his passion for storytelling, creating & developing commercially viable filmmaking properties from diverse cultural perspectives.

Selected Awards and Accolades:

2016 Lakeshore Film Festival
BEST SHORT FILM – THE TIME TRAVELER

2015 Canadian Film Festival
BEST SHORT FILM – THE TIME TRAVELER

2013 REEL WORLD FILM FEST
BEST SHORT FILM – ALIVE

2013 MuchMusic International Video Awards
VIDEO THE YEAR for CLASSIFIED – INNER NINJA

2011 MuchMusic International Video Awards
VIDEO OF THE YEAR for SHAWN DESMAN – ELECTRIC/NIGHT LIKE THIS

2011 MuchMusic International Video Awards
MUCHFACT INDIE VIDEO OF THE YEAR for JDIGGZ feat. NWL – THIS TIME

2010 MuchMusic International Video Awards
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO for BELLY feat. SNOOP DOGG – HOT GIRL

2009 MuchMusic International Video Awards
UR FAV VIDEO (Audience Award) – SIMPLE PLAN – SAVE YOU

2008 MuchMusic International Video Awards
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO for BELLY – RIDIN'

2008 ECM AWARDS
VIDEO OF THE YEAR for JOEL PLASKETT - FASHIONABLE PEOPLE

2007 MuchMusic International Video Awards
BEST DIRECTOR for GEORGE - LIE TO ME

2006 MuchMusic International Video Awards
VIDEO OF THE YEAR for KARDINAL OFFISHALL – EVERYDAY RUDEBWOY

2006 MuchMusic International Video Awards
BEST DIRECTOR for KARDINAL OFFISHALL – EVERYDAY RUDEBWOY

2004 MTV/URBANWORLD
BEST SHORT for ABOUT 2 CHANGE