Joseph Rutland with glasses and skin lesions

Film and acting

Although I first became interested in film and drama through acting, I quickly started looking into other aspects of production.

I have been involved in all stages of bringing a work to completion, including scriptwriting  filming, cinematography, sound, computer graphics, prop-making, and special effects. 

 

Joseph Rutland

Black Dog of Bouley Bay 

Joseph_Rutland_as The Old Man in the Black Dog of Bouley Bay 2022 short film

Joseph has recently starred in 'Black Dog of Bouley Bay', directed by Liam Cottington - A spooky caper set in the channel islands, but filmed in Manchester. Here he played a man delivering a mysterious package, but getting interrupted and attacked by the mysterious Black…

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Tipping The Velvet at LIPA Sixth Form 

Joseph_Rutland_as Father in the LIPA Sixth form production of Tipping The Velvet

For my final piece at LIPA Sixth Form College, my group performed the Sarah Waters play, Tipping the Velvet. I played a number of parts including 'Father,'Ralph, and an umbrella salesman. It was great fun and hard work, and we performed the play over three…

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Scorch - at LIPA's Willy Russell Studio 

Joseph Rutland as Kes - in Stacey Gregg's Scorch

Stacey Gregg's Scorch tells the story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, and is narrated by a teenage character called Kes ('like the kid on the front of that Ken Loach film'), who, though female by birth, has a developing identification…