Joseph Rutland

I've had the pleasure of directing and acting in my new film 'The Cult of Frank'! It took bloody ages to edit because I wasn't 100% sure about some shots but I'm very happy with how it all turned out. It was absolutely sweltering in…

Back on stage after nearly 5 years! Feels great to tread the boards again! This time I was playing The Scarlet Pimpernel/Topper/Frau Frau, the same person in various disguises. Armed with my trusty JD Justice, I had a jolly good time and met a load…

I've had the absolute pleasure of being killed off in the new film by the esteemed Will Fennah 'Greenteeth'. I find it absolutely wild that something I was in was shown at our local cinema. I absolutely cannot wait to work with Will again, he…

I recently rode a bicycle for fellow filmmaker Nathan Smith in his short film "Passive" (you can see me in the picture in the red leather jacket). The film won a contest at FACT Liverpool where the camera wasn't allowed to move. Truth be told,…

This was my latest 48 hour film challange contribution! I had the pleasure of reuniting with Sam Bolton who I worked on The Ketamine film with. It started with us getting toothbrush a prop we had use and 'I can't hear you!' as the line…

God, this one was a nightmare. Another result of my film challange, I received the following prompt from Ross McCartan "A man comes home to find a woman is squatting in his home. He tries reasoning with her but she has some outrageous demands. Eventually…

For his new release 'Charity' I wanted to capture the eerie feeling of his living quaters in Vietnam. Many of the shots involving shadows were based on his own experiences in his dark windowless room. The script was translated into Vietnamese by the talented Phan…