Brief Resume of Michael Ruth
Versatile in ETC ION lighting console, Isadora and QLab Show Control software, special FX/motion graphics, projection graphics for theatre and music, stage (theatre and arena) rigging, photography, videography and editing.
Work Prior to 2020. For activities after 2020 see Exibitions page.
Stage and support crew for Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium 2015.
Detroit Design Festival (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) Production Tech Support/Set up/Load Out crew. Construction and Lighting for DDF Lazermaze in Dequindre Cut. Various events during the Festival (e.g., Eastern Market After Dark). (http://www.detroitdesignfestival.com)
Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3) Production Tech for monthly Drinks X Design and miscellaneous events. (http://detroitc3.com)
Movement Electronic Music Festival (May 2015, May 2016, May 2017, May 2018) Lighting and Load In and Out for the Festival’s VIP area. Paxahau and Me Me Events. (http://movement.us)
MGM Grand Casino V Nightclub Halloween and New Year’s Eve parties. Set Up/Take Down with Me Me Events.
Rigging Crew, Fargodome (Fargo, ND) with national tours (e.g., P!NK: Truth About Love, Justin Timberlake: 20/20 Experience, Lady Antebellum: Take Me #Downtown, Luke Bryan: That's My Kind of Night).
Stage Crew/Rigging, MSUM Theatre Department’s production of Carrie, May 2014.
After Effects, Video Projection and stage crew for James Sewell Ballet's World Premiere of Dante's Inferno, March, 2014.
Isadora Video Projection for MSUM's Performing Arts Series production of Copland's "Lincoln Suite," Dec. 2013.
Projection Graphics for MSUM's Theatre Production of "Swashbuckled," Nov. 2013.
Lighting and stage crew for Aquila Theatre's performance of "Twelfth Night," MSUM Oct. 2013.
Promotional videos for Theatre B (Fargo) videography and editing, Jan 2013.
Research and photography for the documentary “Greenbrier Military School: 200 Years of Education in Lewisburg, WV”, Spring-Summer 2012.
Videography and photography for B.R.A.K.E.S. web promotion (Eric Studer, Doug Herbert, & Jeff Senour) Fall 2012.
Production supervisor for C.T.S. Music web promotional videos (Jeff Senour) Fall 2012.
Personal photographer, videographer and pit crew member for Valerie Thompson Racing Land Speed Team at Speedweek 2012, Bonneville Salt Flats.
Video and photography work for non-profits (e.g., Forgotten Harvest (Detroit) and Theatre B of Fargo, ND).
Degrees in Photography & Cinema, Graphic Arts Management, International Training and Development.
SOFTWARE EXPERTISE
• 3D Modeling and Animation and Motion Graphics
• Digital Video Editing • Interactive Multimedia
• Digital Imaging
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Graphic Communications, August 1986 to May 2014
School of Media Arts and Design, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN.
Coordinator of the Graphic Communications program, Responsibilities include: Lead faculty in the Graphic Communications program, Graphic Communications program curriculum design and development, Undergraduate student assessment and advising, Facility design, as well as actively serving on numerous university and departmental committees. Primary teaching responsibility:
3D Graphics, Motion Graphics, Video Editing.
VIDEO PUBLICATIONS
• “Hard Days Work"- a short film produced in collaboration with Charles Hinton and Dustin Dargus.
• "MEAN"- a short film produced in collaboration with Charles Hinton and Dustin Dargus.
• "XMIX"- a 3D animated video interpretation of Dr. James Harley's computer composition of the same name.
• "TempTrax"- a collaborative music video composition with Dr. Michael Missiras.
"SPANGLED"- a 3D animated video interpretation of Dr. James Harley's work of the same name.