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== Early life == |
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Born in [[Pordenone, Italy]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Maglio, Antonio |date=April 8 2001 |title=Italians teach the joy of living TVOntario creative head credits his success to Italo heritage |work=Tandem/Couriere Canadese |location=Toronto}}</ref> Buttignol came to Canada in 1955. He was raised in [[Toronto]] and is a 1972 graduate of [[York University]], Faculty of Fine Arts, |
Born in [[Pordenone, Italy]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Maglio, Antonio |date=April 8 2001 |title=Italians teach the joy of living TVOntario creative head credits his success to Italo heritage |work=Tandem/Couriere Canadese |location=Toronto}}</ref> Buttignol came to Canada in 1955. He was raised in [[Toronto]] and is a 1972 graduate of [[York University]], Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Film[http://www.yorku.ca/finearts/film/], where he studied film under [[James Beveridge]] and Louis de Rochemont 111. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Buttignol's career spans almost four decades as an independent producer, director, writer and editor of documentary and children's programs, commissioning editor, television programmer, and broadcast executive.<ref>{{cite web |author=Wagler, Jenny |date=April 10-16 2012 |title=Knowledge base: Knowledge Network’s President and CEO is launching new platforms and tapping new funding streams |publisher=Business in Vancouver |url=http://www.biv.com/article/20120410/BIV0201/304109944/0/SEARCH/Rudy-Buttignol:-Knowledge-base}}</ref>[http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/rudy-buttignol][https://film.athabascau.ca/person/rudy-buttignol |
Buttignol's career spans almost four decades as an independent producer, director, writer and editor of documentary and children's programs, commissioning editor, television programmer, and broadcast executive.<ref>{{cite web |author=Wagler, Jenny |date=April 10-16 2012 |title=Knowledge base: Knowledge Network’s President and CEO is launching new platforms and tapping new funding streams |publisher=Business in Vancouver |url=http://www.biv.com/article/20120410/BIV0201/304109944/0/SEARCH/Rudy-Buttignol:-Knowledge-base}}</ref>[http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/rudy-buttignol][https://film.athabascau.ca/person/rudy-buttignol] He has been named "Canadian broadcasting and documentary guru"<ref>{{cite journal |author=Glassman, Marc |title=Rudy Buttignol: Passion for documentaries |journal=Playback |location=Toronto |date=September 28, 2009}}</ref> and "friend of the auteur in Canada and abroad".<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rayman, Susan |date=May 1999 |title=Friend of the auteur in Canada and abroad: TVOntario's Rudy Buttignol |journal=Realscreen Toronto}}</ref> Buttignol is acknowledged for his role in the development of Canadian cultural policy related to documentary film funding and broadcasting<ref>{{cite book |author=Hogarth, David |title=Documentary Television in Canada: From national public service to global marketplace |publisher=[[McGill-Queen's University Press]] |location=Montreal |year=2002 |isbn=0773523391}}</ref> and for advancing the creative documentary genre on the world stage.<ref>{{cite book |author=Lees, Nicola |title=Greenlit: Developing factual/reality TV ideas from concept to pitch |publisher=[[Methuen Drama]]/[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] |location=London |year=2010 |isbn=978 1 408 12267 9}}</ref> |
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From 1975 to 1993, early works as an independent filmmaker include documentaries on an Italian dairy (The Dairy 1977), a Canadian artist (Jack Bush 1979), a pop history of neon lights (Neon, an Electric Memoir 1985), the early history of the Russian space program (Soviet Space: The Secret Designer 1992), and an Apollo era astronaut who became an artist (Allan Bean: Art Off This Earth 1990). |
From 1975 to 1993, early works as an independent filmmaker include documentaries on an Italian dairy (''The Dairy'' 1977), a Canadian artist (''Jack Bush'' 1979), a pop history of neon lights (''Neon, an Electric Memoir'' 1985), the early history of the Russian space program (''Soviet Space: The Secret Designer'' 1992), and an Apollo era astronaut who became an artist (''Allan Bean: Art Off This Earth'' 1990).[http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/rudy-buttignol] |
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In 1993, Buttignol began work as a public broadcaster when he joined [[TVOntario]] as commissioning editor and creative head of independent production. From 2000 to 2006, he was [[TVOntario]]'s creative head of network programming. Notable commissions include: |
In 1993, Buttignol began work as a public broadcaster when he joined [[TVOntario]] as commissioning editor and creative head of independent production. From 2000 to 2006, he was [[TVOntario]]'s creative head of network programming. In 2000, he received a Gemini Award for Best Documentary Series for ''The View from Here''.[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=Buttignol&winonly=0&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4&submit.y=8</] Notable [[TVOntario]] commissions include: |
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*''[[Manufactured Landscapes]]'' (2006) by [[Jennifer Baichwal]] |
*''[[Manufactured Landscapes]]'' (2006) by [[Jennifer Baichwal]] |
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*''[[The Corporation]]'' (film)]] (2003) by [[Joel Bakan]], [[Mark Achbar]] and [[Jennifer Abbott]] |
*''[[The Corporation]]'' (film)]] (2003) by [[Joel Bakan]], [[Mark Achbar]] and [[Jennifer Abbott]] |
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*Gemini Award-winning ''[[Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows]]'' by [[Paul Jay]] |
*Gemini Award-winning ''[[Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows]]'' by [[Paul Jay]] |
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In 2004, he shared the Gemini's [[Donald Brittain]] Award with documentary filmmaker [[Allan King]] for ''Dying at Grace'' (2003).[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=Buttignol&winonly=0&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4&submit.y=8</] In 2007, Buttignol was awarded the inaugural Hot Docs' Doc Mogul award.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Glassman, Marc |date=April 16, 2007 |title=Hot Docs back and bigger than ever |journal=Playback |location=Toronto}}</ref> He is the recipient of nine [[Gemini Awards]],[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=Buttignol&winonly=0&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4&submit.y=8</] |
In 2004, he shared the Gemini's [[Donald Brittain]] Award with documentary filmmaker [[Allan King]] for ''Dying at Grace'' (2003).[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=Buttignol&winonly=0&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4&submit.y=8</] In 2007, Buttignol was awarded the inaugural Hot Docs' Doc Mogul award.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Glassman, Marc |date=April 16, 2007 |title=Hot Docs back and bigger than ever |journal=Playback |location=Toronto}}</ref> He is the recipient of nine [[Gemini Awards]], from the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television]].[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=Buttignol&winonly=0&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4&submit.y=8</] |
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In 2007 he was appointed president and CEO of British Columbia's [[Knowledge Network]]. In 2011 he became president of [[BBC Kids]]. |
In 2007 he was appointed president and CEO of British Columbia's [[Knowledge Network]]. In 2011 he became president of [[BBC Kids]]. |
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Throughout his career, Buttignol has contributed to a number of organizations. |
Throughout his career, Buttignol has contributed to a number of organizations.[http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/BRDO/memView.asp?Member=218077] He is current Chair of the International Advisory Council of the [[Hot Docs]] Documentary Forum, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Association of Public Educational Media, President of the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television]] Foundation; and a Director on the Boards of the [[Vancouver International Film Festival]], Knowledge West Communications Corporation Board, and the Canadian federal government's Cultural Properties Export Review Board.[http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/bcm-mcp/cebc-cperb/cntct/membr-eng.cfm] In the past, he was founder of the [[Hot Docs]] Financing Forum, elected Chair of the Board of the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television]] from 1997 to 2003,[http://playbackonline.ca/1997/06/02/16162-19970602/] and director on the boards of Banff Television Foundation,[http://www.robertchua.com/robertchua.com/PROFESSIONAL/recentpress/BoardofGovernorsMediaRelease1.htm] Canada Media Fund,[http://search.cmf-fmc.ca/?index=403798&calln=2&lastq=%28++%28annual+OR+%2522annual%27s%2522%29+OR+%28reports+OR+%2522report%27s%2522%29+%29+AND+403798partitioneng&psel=eng&doc0=0&query=BUTTIGNOL&search=Search&opt=ANY] [[Canadian Conference of the Arts]],[http://ccarts.ca/from-the-desk-of-the-director/cca-annual-general-meeting-ushers-in-new-board-members-and-bylaw-changes/] and moderator at the [[Hot Docs]] Documentary Festival Summit.[http://www.hotdocs.ca/conference/doc_summit/] He was a member of the European Television and Media Management Academy’s Advisory Council in Strasbourg. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Rudy Buttignol (born June 18, 1951) is a Canadian television network executive and entrepreneur. He is president and CEO of the Knowledge Network, British Columbia's public broadcaster.[1][2] He is also president of BBC Kids[3]. BBC Kids is a Canadian subscription television channel.
Early life
Born in Pordenone, Italy,[4] Buttignol came to Canada in 1955. He was raised in Toronto and is a 1972 graduate of York University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Film[1], where he studied film under James Beveridge and Louis de Rochemont 111.
Career
Buttignol's career spans almost four decades as an independent producer, director, writer and editor of documentary and children's programs, commissioning editor, television programmer, and broadcast executive.[5][2][3] He has been named "Canadian broadcasting and documentary guru"[6] and "friend of the auteur in Canada and abroad".[7] Buttignol is acknowledged for his role in the development of Canadian cultural policy related to documentary film funding and broadcasting[8] and for advancing the creative documentary genre on the world stage.[9]
From 1975 to 1993, early works as an independent filmmaker include documentaries on an Italian dairy (The Dairy 1977), a Canadian artist (Jack Bush 1979), a pop history of neon lights (Neon, an Electric Memoir 1985), the early history of the Russian space program (Soviet Space: The Secret Designer 1992), and an Apollo era astronaut who became an artist (Allan Bean: Art Off This Earth 1990).[4]
In 1993, Buttignol began work as a public broadcaster when he joined TVOntario as commissioning editor and creative head of independent production. From 2000 to 2006, he was TVOntario's creative head of network programming. In 2000, he received a Gemini Award for Best Documentary Series for The View from Here.</ Notable TVOntario commissions include:
- Manufactured Landscapes (2006) by Jennifer Baichwal
- The Corporation (film)]] (2003) by Joel Bakan, Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
- Oscar-nominated Hardwood (film) (2005) by Hubert Davis (filmmaker)
- Genie Award-winning Dying at Grace (2004) by Allan King
- Emmy Award-winning Let it come down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1999) by Jennifer Baichwal
- Gemini Award-winning Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows by Paul Jay
In 2004, he shared the Gemini's Donald Brittain Award with documentary filmmaker Allan King for Dying at Grace (2003).</ In 2007, Buttignol was awarded the inaugural Hot Docs' Doc Mogul award.[10] He is the recipient of nine Gemini Awards, from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.</
In 2007 he was appointed president and CEO of British Columbia's Knowledge Network. In 2011 he became president of BBC Kids.
Throughout his career, Buttignol has contributed to a number of organizations.[5] He is current Chair of the International Advisory Council of the Hot Docs Documentary Forum, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Association of Public Educational Media, President of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Foundation; and a Director on the Boards of the Vancouver International Film Festival, Knowledge West Communications Corporation Board, and the Canadian federal government's Cultural Properties Export Review Board.[6] In the past, he was founder of the Hot Docs Financing Forum, elected Chair of the Board of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 1997 to 2003,[7] and director on the boards of Banff Television Foundation,[8] Canada Media Fund,[9] Canadian Conference of the Arts,[10] and moderator at the Hot Docs Documentary Festival Summit.[11] He was a member of the European Television and Media Management Academy’s Advisory Council in Strasbourg.
References
- ^ Androich, Alicia (September 22 2008). "Rudy Buttignol one year into his presidency at Knowledge Network". Realscreen. Toronto.
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(help) - ^ Cernetig, Miro (April 2 2009). "With new focus from new boss, B.C.'s tiny public broadcaster works". Vancouver Sun.
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(help) - ^ "BBC Worldwide Partners with Knowledge to Operate BBC Kids". Broadcaster - Canada's Communications Magazine. Toronto. January 17, 2011.
- ^ Maglio, Antonio (April 8 2001). "Italians teach the joy of living TVOntario creative head credits his success to Italo heritage". Tandem/Couriere Canadese. Toronto.
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(help) - ^ Wagler, Jenny (April 10-16 2012). "Knowledge base: Knowledge Network's President and CEO is launching new platforms and tapping new funding streams". Business in Vancouver.
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(help) - ^ Glassman, Marc (September 28, 2009). "Rudy Buttignol: Passion for documentaries". Playback. Toronto.
- ^ Rayman, Susan (May 1999). "Friend of the auteur in Canada and abroad: TVOntario's Rudy Buttignol". Realscreen Toronto.
- ^ Hogarth, David (2002). Documentary Television in Canada: From national public service to global marketplace. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773523391.
- ^ Lees, Nicola (2010). Greenlit: Developing factual/reality TV ideas from concept to pitch. London: Methuen Drama/Bloomsbury. ISBN 978 1 408 12267 9.
- ^ Glassman, Marc (April 16, 2007). "Hot Docs back and bigger than ever". Playback. Toronto.