Carrie Cutforth
CARRIE CUTFORTH CURRICULUM VITAE

CREATIVE PRODUCER, WRITER, SPEAKER

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

Executive Producer STARGAZE: THE PILOT EPISODE (Short Form Digital Series) Borken Creative Inc. 2021/2022

Producer BULLETPROOF: A LESBIAN’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE PLOT (Documentary Feature) 2018/2019

Associate Producer TALENT HOUNDS Hop To It Productions (Documentary Feature) 2012/2013

Consulting Producer & Crowdfunding Manager SYNCHRONICITY (Film) 2021

Consulting Producer ASSET Irradiated Panda (Web Series) 2013

INTERACTIVE

Digital Director of Lillian Allen & Jane Doe’s Activism/Art project SEXUAL ASSAULT THE ROADSHOW 2016/2017

SPY WHORES (Digital) 2014

TALENT HOUNDS (Transmedia) Hop To It Productions 2012/2013

ALL YOUR FATES (Transmedia, Digital Serialized Novel) 2012/2013

WORK WITH NO PANTS (Alternate Reality Game) 2012

TEXTAPUBLICATION and RIPPLE (Mobile Poetry Projects) for Lillian Allen’s POETRY VILLAGE at The Junction Arts Festival 2010

LIVE EVENTS

Mentor TOGETHER (Student-led Exhibition) ODESI, OCADU 2022

Producer COMING SOON TRAILER FEST 2013–2015

Co-Producer/Chief Financial Officer TO WEBFEST 2014

Co-Organizer/Host Masterclass with Jon Reiss, TRANSMEDIA 101 2012

Ground Team Lead Organizer TORONTO 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, Faking It Gallery, OCAD (Exhibition) 2008

Curator DOOD, Transit Space, OCAD (Exhibition) 2007

Curator HYBRIDIZED DOLLS & DROLLS, XPACE (Exhibition) 2007

Curator PAJAMA PARTY, Faking It Gallery, OCAD (Exhibition) 2007

Curator FAÇADE, Faking It Gallery, OCAD (Exhibition) 2007

Curator PUBLINATIONS HYPERSPACE, OCAD (Exhibition) 2007

WRITER

SCREEN CONTENT

Participant: In the first cohort of the Accessibility Writers’ Lab (Presented by the Canada Media Fund, Telefilm, and Accessible Media Inc., in partnership with ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto and the Miles Nadal JCC.) Fall 2021

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

SPY WHORES (Digital) 2014

ALL YOUR FATES (Transmedia) 2011/2012

WORK WITH NO PANTS (Alternate Reality Game) 2011

Creative Consultant VEIL NANOSCIENCE for Immersive Fiction (Alternate Reality Game) 2011

CASE STUDIES

A MULTI-PART CASE STUDY #MAFIAOC (A TIKTOK PULP FICTION) & THE GIRL WHO IS ‘DIFFERENT’ (THE TWITTER ‘TEEN MOVIE’): How Tiktok’s ‘duet’ and ‘use this sound’ features are driving emerging forms of participatory storytelling 2020

10 GENIUS TACTICS OF THE LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN TCM 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) VEIL NANOSCIENCE  (Alternate Reality Game) for Immersive Fiction 2011

MY IMAGINARY BEST KIDS SOUNDS LIKE CANADA CBCRadio1 (Radio) 2006

EDITOR

Editor ALL YOUR FATES Part two (Digital Serialized Novel) 2013

Assistant Editor ROCKET SCIENCE 1.1 2006 (Print)

GRANT & FUNDING WRITER (AWARDED)

FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

Contributed writing to the interactive portions of successful Ontario Creates & and other funding awards/labs for Hop To It Productions’ applications 2022-2023

Ontario Creates IDM Concept Definition for STARGAZE: THE PILOT EPISODE 2020

Contributed writing to the interactive portions of successful Ontario Creates & Canadian Media Fund funding awards for Hop To It Productions’ Sloppy Jones applications

Canada Arts Council & Toronto Arts Council for BULLETPROOF: A LESBIAN’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE PLOT 2019

IPF Web Drama Series Program for ASSET Irradiated Panda 2013

Bell Fund Contributed writing to the interactive portion of Hop To It Productions’ TALENT HOUNDS application 2012

 

FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING INITIATIVES

Ontario Creates Industry Development Program & the IPF Professional Development Program for TO WEBFEST 2014

OMDC IDM Industry Research Grant INDUSTRY PROFILE OF THE INDEPENDENT WEB SERIES CREATORS OF CANADA 2014

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

SPEAKING APPEARANCES & PRESENTATIONS

MAINSTREAMING MARGINALIZED VOICES for Storyworld at Catalyst Festival Duluth, Minnesota 2019

CENTERING VOICES FROM THE MARGINS & MAINSTREAMING UNDERSERVED AUDIENCES Storyworld 3.0 L.A. 2018

INTERACT: TV ON THE WEB (Special Speaker) Interactive Ontario 2014

GAME-CHANGERS: NEW VENTURES IN DISTRIBUTION Ontario Writer’s Conference Ajax, Ontario 2014

Speaker at Masters of Digital Media, Centre of Digital Media, University of BC on the topic Transmedia in Toronto 2012

WELCOME Second Global Transmedia Meetup of Meetups at Storyworld Los Angeles 2012

READ AT OWN RISK: EMERGENT NARRATIVE FORMS & WATTPAD Transmedia 101 2012

THE KARADA presented at Storyworld‘s Inproduction Showcase San Francisco 2011

 

GUEST LECTURER

PARTICIPATORY FICTION for Experimental/Interactive creative writing classes OCADU 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 & 2019

TRANSMEDIA for Advanced Television Writing & Transmedia class York University 2013

EXPANDING NARRATIVE: TRANSMEDIA/ARGS for Experimental Writing class OCADU 2010

METAPHOR for Creative Writing One class OCADU 2010

FROM CONCEPT TO TEAR DOWN for Professional Practice OCAD 2009

URBAN ART & ADVERTISING, BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY for OCAD 2008

 

SPECIAL GUEST/GUEST SPEAKER

Launch Announcement Party of OCADU’s Creative Writing BFA, DFI Lounge, OCADU 2017

TranVergence Summit’s Storyhackathon Los Angeles 2013

Town Hall Meeting, Transmedia LA Los Angeles 2013

Guidestone’s Meetup 2012

 

PANELIST

DIGITAL MARKETING: A CAMPAIGN BEYOND A POST Ontario Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Toronto 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 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

WEB SERIES

Webseries Canada formerly known as the Independent Web Series Creators of Canada

      • Co-Founder/Treasurer 2011–2014
      • Executive Director 2013–2014
        • Forged formation of a non-profit professional national association for web series creators and acted as inaugural Executive Director.
        • Spearheaded a research industry study: an economic profile of Web Series creators in Ontario.
      • Interim Board Member Nov 2016–Aug 2017
      • Treasurer Fall 2022

TO WebFest

    • Inaugural Co-Producer/Chief Financial Officer 2014
    • Juror 2016/2017

Toronto Web Series Community Meetups Co-hosted numerous meetups 2011–2014

Coming Soon Trailer Fest Host & Organizer 2013–2015

 

INTERACTIVE

Chair Sheridan’s Professional Advisory Council’s Communication, Culture, Information & Technology (CCIT) program 2015–2018

Canadian Screen Awards Juror Cross-Platform 2015/2016

Transmedia 101

    • Co-Founder/Host A local monthly meetup group that hosted a variety of speakers on topics of interest to the transmedia community and transmedia curious 2011–2013

Transmedia Meetup of Meetups Chair/Co-organizer of a meeting of approximately seventy transmedia professionals from around the world at the Storyworld Conference 2011

Transmedia Europe Alliance Adviser Dec 2011–April 2012

Stream Daily Advisory Board Member 2014–2016

IAWTV Awards Transmedia Category Chair and Adviser 2015

Mentor for The Pitch 360 Competition for both Merging Media’s MM2013 and MM2012

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

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 AND 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

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, The Junction Arts Festival 2010

OCAD WRITERS Poetry Village, 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

CMPA Transmedia Mentorship Program 2012/2013

Participant in MEIC’s Mobile Camp 2012

Participant in Celebrate the Web as Art Director for Web Series Pilot: THE GHOSTENING 2012

Participant in Storycode’s Story Hack the world’s first transmedia hackathon, New York 2012

Participant in MEIC’S MAP (Mobile App Accelerator Program) 2012

Producer’s Certificate from Raindance Org Toronto

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

OCAD Student Forum 2006

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