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Ruth Atkinson(II)

  • Script and Continuity Department
  • Additional Crew
  • Writer
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Ruth Atkinson is a Canadian, Los Angeles-based, script consultant and story editor who has been helping writers, directors and producers tell their stories for over 20 years. Ruth has story edited and consulted on award winning, internationally distributed shorts, features and television series that have screened at high profile festivals such as TIFF, Cannes, Sundance, Berlin and SXSW, in theaters globally and on North American cable and streamers. In addition to 1:1 project consulting she is an advisor for many of Film Independent's prestigious artist development programs including Project Involve and Global Media Makers, as well as facilitator of the Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters Lab.
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    Known for

    Andrew Dunbar, Jacky Lai, and Aadila Dosani in Fall Back Down (2019)
    Fall Back Down
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 2019
    The Way You Dance
    The Way You Dance
    • Writer
      My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)
      My Awkward Sexual Adventure
      6.1
      • Additional Crew
      • 2012
      Lake Bell in Under Still Waters (2008)
      Under Still Waters
      5.1
      • Additional Crew
      • 2008

      Credits

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      Script and Continuity Department



      • Elbow Grease
        • script consultant
        • Completed
        • Short
        • 2025
      • Threats
        • script consultant
        • Completed
        • Short
        • 2025



      • Missing Rhythms (2025)
        Missing Rhythms
        Short
        • script consultant
        • 2025
      • The Players (2025)
        The Players
        • script consultant
        • 2025
      • Conceiving Clara (2025)
        Conceiving Clara
        7.9
        • script consultant
        • 2025
      • Play Hard (2024)
        Play Hard
        Short
        • script consultant
        • 2024
      • The Knocker (2024)
        The Knocker
        Short
        • script consultant
        • 2024
      • The Invisibles (2024)
        The Invisibles
        5.8
        • script consultant
        • 2024
      • Mikayla Geier in Poster Child (2023)
        Poster Child
        Short
        • script editor
        • 2023
      • Amrit Kaur in The Queen of My Dreams (2023)
        The Queen of My Dreams
        6.6
        • script consultant
        • 2023
      • The Ghost Under My Bed (2022)
        The Ghost Under My Bed
        Short
        • script consultant
        • 2022
      • Vegas (2022)
        Vegas
        Short
        • script editor
        • 2022
      • Patricia Chica, Alexandre Bussière, Larry Day, Martin Dubreuil, Samuel Gagnon, Kamal John Iskander, Manuel Tadros, Hakim Brahimi, Arno Schultz, Francesco Giannini, Natalie Tannous, Bloodshot Bill, Bahija Essoussi, Chadi Alhelou, Anthony Ecclissi, Jade Hassouné, Angie Medrano, Thomas Vallieres, Marc Primeau, David Deias, Simon Therrien, Suad Bushnaq, Guillaume Rodrigue, Marina Harvey, Lanisa Dawn, Jasmina Parent, Teresa Picciano, Madelyn Keys, and Nahéma Ricci in Montréal Girls (2022)
        Montréal Girls
        4.8
        • script consultant
        • 2022
      • Calabaza (2022)
        Calabaza
        Short
        • script consultant
        • 2022
      • 7 Lbs 8 Oz (2022)
        7 Lbs 8 Oz
        7.0
        Short
        • script consultant
        • 2022
      • Dear Mama (2022)
        Dear Mama
        8.5
        Short
        • script consultant
        • 2022
      • The Virgin of Highland Park (2022)
        The Virgin of Highland Park
        5.8
        • script consultant
        • 2022

      Additional Crew



      • Alexandra Moro in Misfit (2016)
        Misfit
        Short
        • story consultant
        • 2016
      • They Charge for the Sun (2016)
        They Charge for the Sun
        6.2
        Short
        • story consultant
        • 2016
      • Victoria Washington in Reagan (2016)
        Reagan
        Short
        • story consultant
        • 2016
      • Drowning (2016)
        Drowning
        8.2
        Short
        • story consultant
        • 2016
      • Care (2016)
        Care
        Short
        • story consultant
        • 2016
      • Get the Life (2016)
        Get the Life
        7.2
        Short
        • story editor
        • 2016
      • Araija DaCosta in Firefly (2016)
        Firefly
        Short
        • story consultant
        • 2016
      • Willow Kean in The Tour (2015)
        The Tour
        Short
        • story editor
        • 2015
      • Vámonos (2015)
        Vámonos
        7.2
        Short
        • story editor
        • 2015
      • Chaining Day (2014)
        Chaining Day
        Short
        • story editor
        • 2014
      • Rosita Lopez for President (2012)
        Rosita Lopez for President
        5.5
        Short
        • story editor
        • 2012
      • Chris Tashima in Lil Tokyo Reporter (2012)
        Lil Tokyo Reporter
        8.3
        Short
        • story editor
        • 2012
      • My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)
        My Awkward Sexual Adventure
        6.1
        • story editor
        • 2012
      • The People I've Slept With (2012)
        The People I've Slept With
        4.8
        • story editor
        • 2012
      • Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Michael McGrady, Jason Ritter, and Angelique Cabral in The Perfect Family (2011)
        The Perfect Family
        5.6
        • story editor
        • 2011

      Writer



      • The Way You Dance
        • story editor
        • Pre-production



      • Andrew Dunbar, Jacky Lai, and Aadila Dosani in Fall Back Down (2019)
        Fall Back Down
        7.3
        • story editor
        • 2019

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