CARRIE CUTFORTH CURRICULUM VITAE
SUMMARY
President and Executive Producer at Borken Creative Inc.
Producer for digital, interactive, screen content and live events
Innovative storyteller, big-picture strategist, and systems thinker
An agnostic cross-platform writer with an audience development focus
Internationally regarded expert on web series and transmedia storytelling
Grant/Funding writer (interactive/web series) that understands new media funding landscape in Canada
PRODUCER
SCREEN CONTENT
Associate Producer: Post-Modern Romance trailer for Laughing Cat Productions 2023/2024
Executive Producer Stargaze: The Pilot Episode (Short Form Digital Series) Borken Creative Inc. 2021/2022
Consulting Producer & Crowdfunding Manager Synchronicity (Film) 2021
Producer Bulletproof: A Lesbian’s Guide To Surviving The Plot (Documentary Feature) 2018/2019
Associate Producer Talent Hounds (Documentary Feature) Hop To It Productions 2012/2013
Consulting Producer Asset (Web Series) Irradiated Panda 2013
INTERACTIVE
Digital Director of Lillian Allen’s & Jane Doe’s Activism/Art project Sexual Assault: The Roadshow 2016-2018
Creative Producer Spy Whores (Digital) 2014
Transmedia Producer Talent Hounds (Transmedia) Hop To It Productions 2012/2013
Creative Producer All Your Fates (Transmedia) 2012/2013
Creative Producer Work with No Pants (Alternate Reality Game) 2012
Producer Textapublication and Ripple (Mobile Poetry Projects) for Lillian Allen’s Poetry Village at The Junction Arts Festival 2010
LIVE EVENTS
Producer Coming Soon Trailer Fest 2013-2015
Co-Producer & Chief Financial Officer TOWebfest 2014
Co-Organizer & Host Masterclass with Jon Reiss Transmedia 101 2012
Ground Team Lead Organizer ARGfest 2012
Associate Producer Lillian Allen’s Poetry Village at The Junction Arts Festival 2010
General Manager Faking It Gallery (An Ad-Hoc Space) OCADU 2007/2008
Curator Krisp & Verklempt (Exhibition) Faking It Gallery, OCAD 2008
Curator DOOD, (Exhibition) Transit Space, OCAD 2007
Curator Hybridized Dolls & Drolls (Exhibition) XPACE 2007
Curator Pajama Party (Exhibition) Faking It Gallery, OCAD 2007
Curator Façade (Exhibition) Faking It Gallery, OCAD 2007
Curator Publinations Hyperspace (Exhibition) OCAD 2007
WRITER
SCREEN CONTENT
Creative Consultant on various Hop To It Productions’ series in development 2022-2023
Participant Accessibility Writers’ Lab First Cohort (Presented by the Canada Media Fund, Telefilm, & Accessible Media Inc. in partnership with Reelabilities Film Festival Toronto & The Miles Nadal JCC.) Fall 2022
Writer Stargaze: The Pilot Episode (Short Form Digital Series) Borken Creative Inc. 2021/2022
Storyroom Writer for the development of Studio Killers 404 (TV Series) 2020
Creative Mentor on Hop To It Productions’ Sloppy Jones (Short Form Digital Series) 2019
INTERACTIVE
Writer Spy Whores (Digital) 2014
Writer All Your Fates (Transmedia) 2011/2012
Writer Work with No Pants (Alternate Reality Game) 2011
Creative Consultant Veil Nanoscience (Alternate Reality Game) for Immersive Fiction 2011
CASE STUDIES
A Multi-Part Case Study: #Mafiaoc (A TikTok Pulp Fiction) & The Girl who is ‘Different’ (the Twitter ‘Teen Movie’): How TikTok Duet and Use this Sound Features are Driving Emerging Forms of Participatory Storytelling, Borkencreative.com, 2020
Part One: The Birth? of A Hashtag
Part Two: Every Mafia Needs a Mob Boss (Or Does It?)
Part Three: Interactivity Challenges the Cinematic Frame
10 Genius Tactics of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries Crowdfunding Campaign, TMC Resource Kit 2013
FICTION & LITERARY WORKS
The Art of Lost Conversations, Litup 2018
The Way Out—A Recollection of My Life as a Bisexual Jehovah’s Witness, Medium 2017
All Your Fates all chapters for Parts One and Three (Digital Serialized Novel) 2012/2013
[Del]’S Diary (Novella) for Veil Nanoscience (Alternate Reality Game) Immersive Fiction 2011
My Imaginary Best Kids, (Radio) Sounds Like Canada, CBC Radio1 2006
EDITOR
Editor All Your Fates Part Two (Digital Serialized Novel) 2013
Assistant Editor Rocket Science 1.1 (Print) 2006
ARTICLES & ESSAYS
ON SCREEN CONTENT & MEDIA
Are Web Series Dead (And Does Anybody Care?), Borkencreative.com 2020
Go Unfuck Yourself: Manual on Jargon for Digital Marketers, Medium 2017
Google Officially Knows Far Too Much About My Vagina, Maximum Middle Age 2016
Playback Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame: Andra Sheffer, Playback Magazine 2014
Spies Like Me: My Response to IARPA’S RFI UAREHERE, CarrieCutforth.com
Blog post often cited in Academic Works 2014
Guest Post: Top 5 Web Series Tips, JonReiss.com 2014
Marketing a Digital Project Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought, Stream Daily 2014
Run a Campaign Like A Horserace (And Why You Should), Commissioned Article for NewHive 2014
How to Get Money from People Like a Machiavellian, Commissioned Article for NewHive 2014
Are Bitcoins the New Pogs? Commissioned Article for NewHive 2013
Are Web Series TV Online? Originally posted on Webseries Canada blog 2013
Learning From Orson: Understanding ‘Audiences’ in Transmedia & Webseries, Story Horizons 2013
A Conversation with IPF Web Series Producers Part 1 & Part 2, Web Series Today 2011
ON FEMINISM & QUEER SEXUALITY
Forgiveness is Overrated: The Second Coming of Kesha, Medium 2017
In Search of: One Male Ally to Hold My Hand for Social Media Photo-Op, Medium 2017
The Artist Formerly Known As Straight: Reflections on A Year Out as Bi, Medium 2016
My One Minute Rape Story, The Establishment 2016
Over 40 with Zero Fucks to Give, Medium 2014
Is Rape Never Funny? CarrieCutforth.com 2012
ON DISABILITY
For Those Who’ve Been Told: ‘It’s All in Your Head’: A Love Letter to the Long-Haulers, The ME/CFS Sufferers & Beyond, Medium 2022
How to Stop, Drop, and Roll in Mental Crisis, The Establishment 2017
How to Help the Cause When You Need Help Yourself, The Establishment 2016
Republished by Everyday Feminism 2017
How to Melt Your Bathtub without Really Trying, Maximum Middle Age 2016
ON ARTS & CULTURE
#Elbowgate is Awful; You are All Awful, Medium 2016
2014: A Year in Review from the Future, Commissioned article for NewHive 2014
Subverting the Canadian National Artefacts, Line Break (Print) 2009
Arts Columnist for blogTO.com 2006/2007
Where it’s at: Mapping Toronto’s Creative Clusters, Rocket Science (Print) 2008
Interview with Vid Ingelevics, Rocket Science (Print) 2008
CONTRIBUTOR
Feminism 101: What It’s like Being Treated Differently Because You’re a Woman, Grok Nation 2017
Feminism 101: What’s Dating as a Feminist Actually Like, Grok Nation 2017
Ask A Raging Feminist: What’s Your Theme Song? She Knows 2015
GRANT & FUNDING WRITER (AWARDED)
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Ontario Creates—Interactive Digital Media Industry Research Grant: Grant Writer and Interim/Final Report Writer, managing all deliverables including an Audit Engagement Review for Industry Profile of the Independent Web Series Creators of Canada 2014 for the Independent Web Series Creators of Canada 2014
Ontario Creates—Industry Development Program: Grant Writer and Final Report Writer, managing all deliverables including an Audit Engagement Review for TO Webfest 2014 for the Independent Web Series Creators of Canada of Canada 2014
Independent Production Fund—Professional Development Program: Grant Writer and Final Report Writer, managing all deliverables including an Audit Engagement Review for TO Webfest 2014 for the Independent Web Series Creators of Canada of Canada 2014
ARTS SECTOR: INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
Canada Arts Council—Professional Development for Artists: Grant Writer for Emily Schooley 2024
Canada Arts Council—Explore and Create: Consultant on grant application for Griefwave by Nikki Reimer 2020
Canada Arts Council—Explore and Create: Grant Writer for Bulletproof: A Lesbian’s Guide to Surviving the Plot (Documentary Feature) for That Video Chick 2020
Toronto Arts Council: Grant Writer for Bulletproof: A Lesbian’s Guide to Surviving the Plot (Documentary Feature) for That Video Chick 2019
Canada Arts Council—Travel Grant: Contributing writer to grant application for Juno-award winning artist Lillian Allen 2012
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY: INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
Ontario Creates—Interactive Digital Media Concept Definition: Contributing Grant Writer and Interim/Final Report Writer (business and marketing deliverables) for Postmodern Romance for Laughing Cat Productions 2023
Contributing Grant Writer & Interim/Final Report Writer for various Hop To It Productions successful applications to various funders 2017-2023, 2012
Ontario Creates—Interactive Digital Media Concept Definition: Grant Writer and Interim/Final Report Writer including all financial reporting for Stargaze: The Pilot Episode for Borken Creative Inc. 2020
Independent Production Fund—Web Drama Series Program: Grant Writer for Asset for Irradiated Panda 2013
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
SPEAKING APPEARANCES & PRESENTATIONS
Presentation Mainstreaming Marginalized Voices, Catalyst Festival Duluth, Minnesota 2019
Presentation Centering Voices from the Margins & Mainstreaming Underserved Audiences, Storyworld 3.0, Los Angeles 2018
Presentation Interact: TV on the Web, Interactive Ontario, 2014
Plenary Speaker Game-Changers: New Ventures in Distribution, Ontario Writer’s Conference 2014
Presentation Read At Own Risk: Emergent Narrative Forms & Wattpad, Transmedia 101 2012
Presentation The Karada, Storyworld’s In Production Showcase San Francisco 2011
GUEST LECTURES
Participatory Fiction, Experimental/Interactive Writing Classes OCADU 2013-14, 2016, 2018-19
Transmedia, Advanced Television Writing & Transmedia Class York University 2013
Transmedia in Toronto, Masters of Digital Media, Centre of Digital Media, University of BC Vancouver 2012
Expanding Narrative: Transmedia/ARGs, Experimental Writing Class OCADU 2010
Metaphor, for Creative Writing One Class OCADU 2010
From Concept to Tear Down, Professional Practice Class OCAD 2009
Urban Art & Advertising, Bright Lights Big City, OCAD 2008
SPECIAL GUEST/GUEST SPEAKER
Launch Announcement Party, of OCADU’s Creative Writing BFA, DFI Lounge, OCADU 2017
Storyhackathon Tranvergence Summit, Los Angeles 2013
Town Hall Meeting, Transmedia LA, Los Angeles 2013
Host: Welcome, Second Global Transmedia Meetup of Meetups at Storyworld, Los Angeles 2012
Guidestone’s Meetup 2012
PANELIST
Digital Marketing: A Campaign Beyond A Post, Ontario Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce 2018
We’re Broads; they’re Chicks, Let’s Make Change! (Webinar) 2015
Drive People to Your Webseries, (Webinar) By Conducttr 2015
Web Series IP Program Centennial College 2014
The Business of Transmedia Canada, Transmedia LA, Los Angeles 2013
The Big Talk: Professional Practice, OCADU 2012
The Role of the Art Critic, Artspeak Series Gallery 1313 2007
MODERATOR
Q&A Sessions for TO Webfest 2017 for the Following Screenings:
Hope & Struggle
Piqued My Interest
Unique & Unusual
So You Want To Crowdfund, TO Webfest 2014
Building A Business Model for Web Series, Playback Summit 2014
Canuck Webseries Showcase, Merging Media 2013, Vancouver 2013
X-Collaboration + Other Co-Creative Synergies, Merging Media 2012, Vancouver 2012
From Player to Puppet Master, ARGfest 2012
INVITED HOST/FACILITATOR
Screening of Beat Girl Premier, Merging Media 2013, Vancouver 2013
Not So Friendly Family Hour, (Co-Host) Social Media Week with the IWCC 2013
Story This! (Story/Performance Workshop Facilitator) DIY Days Ryerson University 2013
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
HOUSING
Organizer & Secretary of the Grant Writing, Fundraising, & Partnerships Committee: Current
Secretary of the Maintenance Committee 2018-2021
WEB SERIES & INTERACTIVE
Webseries Canada (formerly The Independent Web Series Creators of Canada):
Treasurer 2022
Interim Board Member Nov 2016-Aug 2017
Executive Director 2013-2014: Oversaw the establishment of the organization, establishing policies, procedures, and operations. Major project: spearheaded a research industry study, an Industry Profile of the Independent Web Series Creators of Canada 2014, the first of its kind in the world
Co-Founder/Treasurer 2011-2014: Forged the formation of a non-profit professional national association for web series creators
Mentor Together (Student led Exhibition) ODESI, OCADU 2022
Chair of the Professional Advisory Council Communication, Culture, Information & Technology program, Sheridan College 2015-2018
Juror 2016/2017
Inaugural Co-Producer & Chief Financial Officer 2014
Juror Canadian Screen Awards Cross-Platform 2015/2016
Advisory Board Member Stream Daily 2014-2016
Chair & Adviser for the Transmedia Category IAWTV Awards 2015
Producer & Host Coming Soon Trailer Fest 2013-2015
Co-Host Toronto Web Series Community Meetups 2011-2014
Mentor for MM2013 and MM2012’s “Pitch 360 Competition,” Merging Media 2012, 2013
Co-Founder & Host Transmedia 101: A local monthly meetup group that hosted a variety of speakers on topics of interest to the transmedia community and transmedia curious 2010-2013
Co-Producer/Host of Masterclass with Jon Reiss 2012
Ground Team Lead Organizer ARGfest 2012
Adviser Transmedia Europe Alliance 2011-2012
Chair & Co-Organizer of the Transmedia Meetup of Meetups: A meeting of approximately seventy transmedia professionals from around the world at the Storyworld Conference 2011
REFERENCED IN
Brandon Hunter, Lindsay. Playing Real: Mimesis, Media, and Mischief (Northwestern University Press) Feb 15 2021
Figueiredo, Manoela. A Atuação Crítica Da Tradução Em The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Deslocamentos De Orgulho E Preconceito Para A Contemporaneidade Virtual (Programa De Pós Graduação Em Literatura E Cultura) Brazil Jun 13 2016
Tongco, Tricia. 4 Ways You Can Be Raped After you’ve Consented to Sex, ATTN May 16 2016
Brandon Hunter, Lindsay. This Is Not A Threat: Conspiracy for Good, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media (Vol. 11, Iss. 2) 2015
Gordon, Ruthanna. Alternate Reality Games for Behavioral and Social Science Research (Etc. Press) Feb 27 2015
Merlo, Seth. Narrative, Story, Intersubjectivity: Formulating a Continuum for Examining Transmedia Storytelling (Murdoch University) 2014 Pg. 28
Haldenby, Trevor, Bringing the Future to Life Sep 2013 Pg. 58-60
O’Flynn, Siobhan. Case Study: Designing for Attention: Transmedia’s New Narrative Practices Part 2 (Slideshare) Jun 2013
Geiger, Kristin. Broad City vs. Girls: Ein Vergleich Von Web-Und Tv-Serien, Web Video Cultures Jun 7 2014
MEDIA COVERAGE & INTERVIEWS
Staff. Carrie Cutforth and the OG IWCC, Creatortown Podcast 2017
Chadwick-Hussein, Darren. 12 Must Attend Events for Web Series Creators, Raindance Blog 2015
Interview with Carrie Cutforth, Katie Chats 2014
Webvee Guide Interviews TO Webfest (Pre-Fest), Host Jeff Siniawsky Webveeguide 2014
Webvee Guide Interviews Regan Latimer & Carrie Cutforth, Host Daniela Dilorio Webveeguide 2014
Vic & Rachel at TO Webfest: Regan Latimer and Carrie Cutforth Interview, Vic & Rachel 2014
Rausch, Dominik. When Creators Work Together, Max It Magazine 2014
Zsebök, Simon. Web + Series = Storytelling 2.0, Viewster 2014
Playback Staff. Transmedia: Bloody Good Business? Part 2 Playback Magazine 2014
Staffans, Simon. What Does 2014 Hold for Cross-Platform Content? MIPblog 2014
Staffans, Simon. Interview with Carrie Cutforth-Young, One Year in Now Media 2013
Halton Empire Staff. Indie Style File: Carrie Cutforth-Young, Halton Empire 2013
Staffans, Simon. What Can TV Learn from Online Producers, MIPblog 2013
Carrie Cutforth-Young Uses This, The Setup 2013
Episode 111 with Guest Carrie Cutforth-Young, Interview with Host Nic Baisley Filmsnobbery Live! 2013
Interview with Hosts Steve Peters & J.C. Hutchins, Storyforward Podcast 2013
Astle, Randy. Digital Publishing for Filmmakers: The Karada and the Silent History, Filmmaker Magazine 2013
Andersen, M.J. 2012 Year in Review, ARGnet 2012
Wattpad Staff. The Karada Comes to Wattpad, Wattpad’s Feature Blog 2012
Nord, Liz. Three Things to Know before Hiring a Transmedia Designer, POV’S Documentary Blog PBS 2012
Johnson, Lucas. Creative Voice: Carrie Cutforth, Silverstring Media 2011
Bentley, David. Heroes Writer Creating Interactive TV Series and Digital Comic the Karada, IMDB News 2011
New Interactive TV Series, The Geek Files 2011
Get Ready for New Transmedia Series: The Karada, Movie Viral 2011
Stuart, Keith. Heroes Writer to Create New Transmedia Series: The Karada, The Guardian 2011
Smith, Steve. Transmedia Thriller to Join ‘Heroes’ Scribe with ARG Producer, Mediapost 2011
Swedlow, Tracy. Interactive TV News Roundup, Interactive TV Today 2011
Heroes Writer Takes On New Transmedia Series, The Geek Syndicate 2011
Djref, Kristin. Tea4two Letar Sponsorer Till Interaktiv Thriller, Dagensmedia 2011
Andersen, Michael. 2011: Year in Review, ARGnet 2011
Polson, Willow. The Karada Will Be Melting Heads, Urban Fantasy News 2011
Vasta, Sameer. Review of Hybridized: Dolls and Drolls, blogTO 2006
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Acknowledged for assistance in conceptualizing successful grant proposal for Nikki Reimer’s digital poetry project Griefwave
Thanks from One Muse/James Carter for digital project NY Heart Stories: Les (Part One)
Dedicated Thanks in So I Might Be a Vampire a novel by Rodney V. Smith
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Allies featured in Questioning Safety Pin Solidarity Revealed Why I Can’t Trust White People, The Establishment 2016
What Can I Do Today Realistically? featured in How to Help the Cause When You Need Help Yourself, The Establishment 2016
Stop Performing both Wellness and Illness, Drop (Everything Harmful) and Roll (With It) featured in How to Stop, Drop, and Roll in Mental Crisis, The Establishment 2017
LITERARY READINGS & PERFORMANCES
Pussycat Lounge, Hamilton 2017
Biphoria Hamilton: Voices of Resistance Festival, Hamilton 2017
Painting with Words, OCADU 2012
Passionate Women and Words, Poetry Village at The Junction Arts Festival 2010
OCAD Writers, Poetry Village at The Junction Arts Festival 2010
I Saw I Was OCADU 2010
Hear My Words, Feel My Words, Mark My Words, Ellington’s Music Café 2010
Reading Through, OCADU 2010
Through The Writing Class, the Trane Studio 2009
Spokes & Words, OCADU 2009
Stunt Doubles, Ellington’s Music Café 2008
Voices, Versions, and Visions, OCADU 2007
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Transmedia Producer Intern: CMPA Transmedia Mentorship Program 2012/2013
Participant: MEIC’S Mobile Camp 2012
Participant: Celebrate the Web as Art Director for Web Series Pilot: The Ghostening 2012
Participant: Storycode’s Story Hack the world’s first transmedia hackathon, New York City 2012
Participant: MEIC’S MAP (Mobile App Accelerator Program) 2012
Producer’s Certificate from Raindance Org 2011
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Fine Arts Criticism and Curatorial Practice OCADU 2008
Thesis Lactivision (Digital Project)
Minors in both English and Digital & Media Studies OCADU 2009
OCAD Awards: Runner-Up in 401 Richmond Prize 2008, CRCP Faculty Award 2008, George A. Reid Award 2007, Volunteer Certificate of Recognition 2007, Dr. Eugene A. Poggetto Award 2006, Provincial Chapter of Ontario IODE Tuition Award 2005
Service to the OCAD Community: Graduation Blender 2008, The OCAD Mobile Lab Portage Design Charrette 2007, Hiring Committee for Assistant Dean of Liberal Studies 2007, Juror Gallery 76 Award 2007, Hyperspace Graduation Committee 2007, Academic Standards Policy Committee 2007, OCAD Student Forum 2006