Erik Rutherford

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

Erik Rutherford is a Canadian writer.Ilana Zackon, [https://thecjn.ca/arts/film-tv-theatre/artist-charlotte-salomon-comes-to-life-in-new-canadian-animated-film/ "Artist Charlotte Salomon comes to life in this new Canadian animated film"]. Canadian Jewish News, September 15, 2021. He wrote the screen story for the 2021 film Charlotte and was cowriter with David Bezmozgis of the screenplay, for which they received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022,Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022, and a Writers Guild of Canada nomination for Best Feature at the 26th WGC Screenwriting Awards.Ilana Zackon, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/03/04/sort-of-leads-wgc-screenwriting-awards-nominations/ "Sort Of leads WGC Screenwriting Awards nominations"]. Playback, March 4, 2022.

From 2009 to 2014, Rutherford was chief editor of Canadian online magazine Ryeberg Curated Video, which invited notable "novelists or artists or professional critics" to write essays with embedded video clips. Contributors included Mary Gaitskill, Lynn Crosbie, Sheila Heti, Bert Archer, Kevin Chong, Russell Smith (writer), Sholem Krishtalka, and Claudia Dey. {{cite news |last=Smith |first=Russell |date=July 1, 2009 |title=Ryeberg.com's gateway to YouTube |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/ryebergcoms-gateway-to-youtube/article4277775/ |work=The Globe and Mail |location= |access-date=}} https://ryeberg.com/

The Canadian writer Miriam Toews is Rutherford's partner.Mark Medley, [https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/complicated-kindness-miriam-toews-grapples-with-the-sister-who-asked-her-to-help-end-her-life "Complicated kindness: Miriam Toews grapples with the sister who asked her to help end her life"]. National Post, April 11, 2014.Eric Volmers, [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/crowded-house-miriam-toews-mixes-laughter-and-tragedy-darkness-and-light-in-new-novel-fight-night "Crowded House: Miriam Toews mixes laughter and tragedy, darkness and light in new novel, Fight Night"]. Calgary Herald, August 20, 2021.