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RT!

We gon make it...

About Me

RT! has quickly asserted himself as one of Canada’s most successful and prolific film directors since debuting on the music video scene only a few years ago. He has become the go-to director when record labels are looking for hit music videos. He was responsible for giving the world new looks at great Canadian talent like Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, Neverending White Lights, Massari, Joel Plaskett, Belly and Shawn Desman. In the last year alone he’s worked with various world renound International talents such as Sean Paul, Xzibit, Ginuwine, and Talib Kweli.Many directors have “cinematic visual flair” and “uncompromising visuals” but one thing separates RT!’s work from these standard descriptions: He creates unique worlds for every artist he works with. From wardrobe, to art direction, to color scheme to mood and energy, RT! creates detailed, artist centric realities that stand miles apart from other videos.His recent 8 nominations and 2 wins including Director of the year for the 2nd consecutive year at the 2007 MuchMusic International Video Awards is an unprecedented accomplishment. He is also no stranger to the commercial world, he recently wrapped a spot with Sony for their newest consumer line of HD products. In the past he has heeded Nike’s call, helming the first of their International Battleground Streetball tournament commercial spots. His knack for creating all encompassing immersive visual worlds, and acute characterisation has made him one of the most sought after new taste-makers in North America today.
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My Interests

Besides telling stories, old nintendo games right now. TRANSFORMERS, scrabble. traveling...4 trips a year from now on if fortune smiles on me. ..Some other joints... ..GEORGE "LIE TO ME" .. BELLY f. GINUWINE "PRESSURE" .. KARDINAL - EVERYDAY RUDEBWOY .. NEVERENDING WHITE LIGHTS f. DALLAS GREEN - THE GRACE

I'd like to meet:

People with good natures, positive energy and ambition are who i'm interested in meeting and chilling with. Anyone who is open minded and diverse in their thinking and spirit. Someone way wiser than me once said "This world is too varied and vast to ever think we know everything about anything." I think it was ALF from back in the day... but I like it and if you think it makes some kind of sense then i'll probably like you too.Below in the slide show are some of the images that i have been lucky enough to photograph.Get Your Own! | a href="http://www.slide.com/msview/ticker?cid=7269738&cy= ms&tt=0"

Music:

60 - 70s soul, early 90s hiphop (tribe, de la, B.I.G.) U2, retarded 80s synth pop, atmospheric altrock

Movies:

Lots of foreign cinema, Fight Club, He Got Game, In the Mood For Love, Ferris Buller's day off, 2046, Science of sleep, Children of Men, Do the Right Thing, Friday, Coming to America, Big Lebowski, Ninja Scroll, anime, Terrance Malick, Wong Kar Wai,Superbad is my shit!

Books:

Dalai Lama's book of inner peace, Rebel without a Crew, Hulk comic books, ART OF WAR

Heroes:

FAMILY man... Moms strongest person i know, my bro for getting me to see the world in a creative way, Pops for giving me that "Thorne" calm demeanor.

My Blog

Cannes, France

Chilling in Cannes, France for MIDEM. crazy beautiful out hear y'all. We got a nice penthouse over looking the Marina. i feel blessed. Anyways I'm just working on some of those european contacts... Do...
Posted by RT! on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:24:00 PST

2008

Wanna thank everyone for their support man. its a blessing to do anything creative and then to get paid for it and then to hear that people like the work... much love. Just a few things to talk shit a...
Posted by RT! on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:40:00 PST

8 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARD NOMINATIONS!

So once again someone paid off the video awards to get me nominated and they must have paid a bunch cause my videos pulled in 8 nominations.My work with Belly & Ginuwine got a BEST VIDEO, BEST RAP VID...
Posted by RT! on Wed, 30 May 2007 10:13:00 PST

NEW Belly feat. Ginuwine, Neverending White Lights, George, Cory Lee, and JDiggz videos!

So everyone's getting on my case bout how its been a while since i updated, but that just cause i've been stupid busy lately. In the past 3months i've been fortunate enough to see the Xzibit video pre...
Posted by RT! on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:54:00 PST

Check the interview @ hiphopcanada.com!

hiphopcanada.com was kind enough to do a feature interview with me bout my career and thoughts on the hip hop industry here in canada. big ups to Lola and my man chris for coming through. its been a h...
Posted by RT! on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:48:00 PST

Xzibit + Malish + Dru = blessed and tired

As my grandmother would say god is good. i got about 11hrs of sleep this weekend over 4 days of shooting, but being busy is never bad and i was blessed to have shot some real fun tings and crossed pat...
Posted by RT! on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:39:00 PST

Cuba

So i'm off for another shoot, this time back to Cuba. i'm doing a video for my homey Kardinal and Bedouin Soundclash. cruisin down there wit my partner in crime simon so should be a nice trip, i love ...
Posted by RT! on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:25:00 PST

MuchMusicVideoAwards

Heading to the MMVAs tonight with my man Harv and the 235 crew. Up for 12 but i ain't expecting to win anything dispite what many are kind enough to tell me. There will no doubt be drinking and debauc...
Posted by RT! on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:23:00 PST