The Ride Ahead / Editor
Hot Docs

A Reckoning in Boston / Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
Big Sky Documentary Festival, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Independent Lens PBS

“Rutenbeck is one of New England’s most accomplished documentary filmmakers, and A Reckoning in Boston is a sobering example of his talent.”

- Video Librarian

Nixon’s Reversal / Executive Producer, Director, Editor
Premiere: American Documentary & Animation Film Festival

My Disability Roadmap / Editor
Hot Docs, Best Documentary, LA Shorts, News & Documentary Emmy™ Award

Class of ‘27 / Executive Producer, Director, Editor
du Pont Columbia Journalism Award

DEEJ / Editor
George Foster Peabody Award

“…a moving documentary which aims to expand the current narratives surrounding rural poverty in America.”

- The Atlantic

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? / Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
du Pont Columbia Journalism Award

Scenes from a Parish / Producer, Director, Editor
Independent Lens PBS

“Steer the faithful, and everyone else, to Scenes from a Parish, a surpassingly lucid documentary…It raises more questions about the church’s place in a changing world—and touches more emotions doing so—than any big-budget studio folderol...”

- Ty Burr, Boston Globe

American’s War on Poverty / Editor
du Pont Columbia Journalism Award

Home Before Dark / Editor
Grand Jury Prize for Best American Independent Film, Hamptons International Film Festival

Losing Ground / Producer, Director, Editor
Cinema du Reel, Flaherty Film Seminar

Company Town / Producer, Director, Editor
Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Flaherty Film Seminar

“Company Town avoids the obvious political clichés but causes one to wonder, ‘why do they stay?’ and at the same time to understand that this place, these activities, with all their limitations are still unique and wonderful. It is an aesthetic mystery film.”

- Richard Leacock