Alex Rutterford is a

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and

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er working mostly on

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...

s. Rutterford studied graphic design at the Croydon School of Art and graduated in 1991. He started his professional career by designing vernacular graphics for sets of films such as

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. He then worked as an art director and designer, doing clothing design, logos, and album covers (for record labels such as

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). He also did computer modelling, animation and photo manipulation. He was a member of the design team lost in space where he worked as CG artist and

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. His most well-known works include the videos for "

Gantz Graf ''Gantz Graf'' is a three-track EP released by Autechre in 2002 on CD and 12". A special DVD release was made available featuring the "Gantz Graf" video created by Alex Rutterford, as well as the videos for "Basscadet" (directed by Jess Scott ...

" by

Autechre Autechre () is an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are among the best known acts signed to UK electronic label Warp Records, through which all of Au ...

, "Verbal" by

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and "

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" by

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. Lesser known is the unofficial video he created for the Autechre track "Eutow" as part of the

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music programme ''Lo-fi'' in 2001. His short film work includes ''Sound Engine'', an early study made for onedotzero2 set to an Autechre song; ''3space'', again specially made for onedotzero and set to the overture of

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's ''

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''; and ''Monocodes''. All these films and videos consist of 3D

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, and feature visuals that follow the rhythm of the music very closely. These works were produced during his time at lost in space in the case of the onedotzero works as lost in space films. Rutterford also designed the covers for the Autechre albums '' Draft 7.30'' and ''

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'', as well as the booklet and menu for

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's ''

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. In addition to this he worked as graphics designer on two music videos directed by Cunningham, namely

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's "

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(1999), and

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's "Come On My Selector" (1998) for which he created the video screens. He also did the camerawork, together with Rob Bliss, for Cunningham's ''

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''. His works have appeared in

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film festivals, DVD releases, and the book onedotzero

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published by Laurence King,

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, and several other digital film DVD compilations. He has won a Clio Gold and an ANDY Award. After being repped by production companies RSA and Black Dog, the promo division of RSA, for many years, he signed with Joyrider in spring 2012.

Filmography

Music videos

* "Eutow" by Autechre (2001) * "

" by

(2002) * "Verbal" by

(2002) * " Go to Sleep. (Little Man Being Erased.)" by

(2003) * "Write This Down" by

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(2012)

Short films

* ''Sound Engine'' (1998) * ''Monocodes'' (2000) * ''3space'' (2000)

* "A Day in the Life/The Icon" for

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(2005, agency: TBWA\London) * "Future Construction", "Ring", "Street" for

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(''Rock 'Em Sock 'Em'' campaign, 2007, agency: BBDO Detroit) * "Bass Bins", "Mojito" for

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(''Made to Mix'' campaign, 2007, agency: RKCR/Y&R London) * "Aroma Paths" for Nescafé Collection (2008, agency: McCann-Erickson London) * "The Journey/The Legendary Cruise Party/Bottle Cap" for

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(2011, agency: Publicis United Moscow) * "Range", "cee'd/Sportage", "Picanto/Rio" (January 2013), "Sportage/pro_cee'd GT", "Picanto/Rio" (July 2013) for

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(''Keyboards/Reviews & Recommendations'' campaign, 2012/2013, agency: Innocean Worldwide UK, London)

References

External links

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lost in space

Interview about "Gantz Graf"
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Filmography

Music videos

Short films

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