13 Facts About Tim Rutili

Tim Rutili was born on 1967 or 1968 and is an American musician, filmmaker, and visual artist.

Tim Rutili is best known as the founder of Red Red Meat and Califone, and his membership in supergroups Ugly Casanova and Loftus.

Tim Rutili was the founder and principal songwriter for Califone and Red Red Meat.

Tim Rutili is a member of the Indie rock supergroup Ugly Casanova, which included Modest Mouse singer Isaac Brock, producer and former Red Red Meat bandmate Brian Deck, and others.

Tim Rutili is a frequent collaborator of Michael Krassner and Boxhead ensemble.

Over twenty-five years, Rutili contributed to many albums by a diverse group of artists as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter.

Tim Rutili has composed and collaborated on music for television, documentary and feature films, including Beauty is Embarrassing, a PBS documentary about artist, designer and puppeteer, Wayne White and The Calling, a four hour PBS series exploring faith and religion.

Tim Rutili collaborated with Michael Krassner on the score for Braden King's feature film The Evening Hour.

Tim Rutili made contributions to the soundtracks for; Boss, Hannibal, The Vow, Stranger Than Fiction, Monogamy, 30 Days of Night, The Dinner, and Waterloo Road.

Tim Rutili has performed worldwide and provided musical scores to numerous films and curated programs including Early Abstractions by Harry Smith at Images Film Festival in Toronto, as a member of Boxhead Ensemble at Doclands Film Festival in Dublin, Stories, Maps and Notes from the Half Light- live, and improvised scores to short films by Jem Cohen, Laura Moya, Braden King, Grant Gee, Paula Froehle, Gustav Deutch and Barbara Meter.

Tim Rutili wrote and directed his first feature-length film All My Friends Are Funeral Singers in tandem with the creation of Califone's eponymous album.

Tim Rutili was born in Chicago and grew up in Addison, Illinois.

Tim Rutili was in a long-term relationship with bassist and musical collaborator Glynis Johnson, until her death from AIDS-related complications in 1992.