Andrew Ruhemann

Ruhemann was educated at Highgate School and studied French and Drama at Bristol University. He started his career at the Richard Williams’ Animation Studio in London in the mid 1980s, where he was a trainee producer. Within a few months he became managing director, during which time he became responsible for overseeing animation production on the feature film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed by Robert Zemeckis.

In 2010 Andrew made his directorial debut with an animated short entitled The Lost Thing, which he co-directed with Shaun Tan, the Australian author of the book from which the film was adapted. The Lost Thing was produced in association with Screen Australia. The film won an Academy Award for Best Short Animation in 2011,{{cite web|title=Winners and Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html|accessdate=28 January 2013}} in addition to many other awards at film festivals worldwide.

• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119535/ A Life Less Ordinary 1997] (executive producer: animation)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121024/ BBC Future Generations 1998] (TV short) (animator)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230591/ One Day in September 1999] (documentary) (associate producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0342293/ The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside 2002] (TV short) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0474700/ Gorillaz: Phase One - Celebrity Take Down 2002] (video documentary) (executive producer - segment "Clint Eastwood")
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433426/ Peace One Day 2004] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424237/ Lila Says 2004] (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433936/ City Paradise 2004] (short) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478101/ Black Sun 2005] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489247/ Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos 2006] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473181/ Crossing the Line 2006] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0835017/ After the Rain 2006] (short) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912592/ My Kid Could Paint That 2007] (documentary) (co-executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979359/ The Adventures of One eskimO 2008] (video short) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1361817/ The Flapping Track 2008] (TV documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1326150/ The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy 2008] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333656/ Sergio 2009] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300563/ The Age of Stupid 2009] (documentary) (co-executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568334/ The Tillman Story 2010] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1609157/ Stones in Exile 2010] (documentary) (co-executive producer: Passion Pictures)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727790/ Fire in Babylon 2010] (documentary) (co-executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1669698/ The Lost Thing 2010] (short) (co-director)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1814836/ Project Nim 2011] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125608/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_40_prd Searching for Sugar Man 2012] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1894476/ How I Live Now 2013] (producer) (post-production)
• [https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1826730/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_37_prd Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart 2014] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4008652/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_33_prd I Am Ali 2014] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2442080/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_32_prd Chuck Norris vs. Communism 2015] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4145178/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_31_prd Listen to Me Marlon 2015] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385115/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_30_prd Jaco 2015] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872640/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_29_prd Hadwin's Judgement 2015] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4908644/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_28_prd Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom 2015] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4456270/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_27_prd The Sunshine Makers 2015] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3797064/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_26_prd Pray for Ukraine 2015] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6603254/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_24_prd Rocket & Groot 2017] (TV mini-series) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7215444/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_23_prd The Final Year 2017] (documentary) (co-executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5359048/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_22_prd Spiral 2017] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8178966/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_21_prd My Africa 2018] (short documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5938950/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_20_prd Mystify: Michael Hutchence 2019] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10703826/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_19_prd Citizen K 2019] (documentarty) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11243364/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_18_prd Andy Murray: Resurfacing 2019] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10851618/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_17_prd Rising Phoenix 2020] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12789212/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_16_prd Final Account 2020] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5752346/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_15_prd Belushi 2020] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_14_prd Love, Death & Robots] (TV series) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13244024/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_13_prd Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 2021] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9098872/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_12_prd The Rescue 2021] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237968/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_8_prd Imagine 2003-] (TV series) (Executive Producer) (1 episode)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21213174/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_7_prd Merkel 2022] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22005990/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_6_prd Anastasia 2022] (short documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22872838/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_5_prd FIFA Uncovered 2022] (TV mini series) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23246772/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_4_prd The Masked Scammer 2022] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27055390/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_3_prd Caught Out: Crime. Corruption. Cricket 2023] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21908620/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_2_prd AP Dhillon: First of a Kind 2023] (TV mini series) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28834285/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_prd Wilding 2023] (documentary) (executive producer)
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28082606/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520day%2520i%2520became The Day I Became a Bird 2023] (animated short) (director) (executive producer)

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