Kyle Ruddick

Kyle is an award-winning film director and experience designer. He comes from a strong VFX and post-production background, most notably his work with Lucasfilm on the Star Wars franchise and directing the THX trailer Amazing Life.

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Kyle is the founder of the documentary film project One Day on Earth, which produced the first film made in every country of the world with the support of thousands of volunteer filmmakers, dozens of non-profits and the United Nations. At One Day on Earth he followed up this global effort with a PBS series on the future of the American city. More recently he directed Singapore Reimagined, which explored the future of technology in Singapore. In 2019 he directed the award-winning Dream Mountain about inspirational climber Pasang Llama Sherpa Akita's decision to continue her climbing career after having a child. In collaboration with the Deloitte Futurist team, he created an innovative documentary series called Brief Histories of the Future.

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Kyle works consistently as a commercial director and experience designer. He is sought for his ability to combine cinematic visuals, emergent technologies, and authentic emotion. His clients include Minute Maid, Deloitte, Verizon, Anthem, McDonald's, Blizzard, Cheerios, 3M, EA, Lucasfilm, LucasArts, The Ad Council, FanDuel, United Airlines, Dick's Sporting Goods, Cascadian Farm, The Player's Tribune, Lenovo, and Coral Vita.

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Kyle is also the creator of the Magic Dance Mirror™, an interactive augmented reality dance experience seen everywhere from E3 to Burning Man to Slamdance. His ongoing work in augmented reality experiences is now focused on using artificial intelligence and the latest technology to build a museum that supports the future of humanity, including an AI interactive video wall called The Mirror.

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Kyle is currently creating an immersive experience for Deloitte that uses artificial intelligence to create oracles that transmit from the future to help us understand a path to survive climate change. In 2024, Kyle founded MakersWith, a company focused on bringing together brilliant creative humans with the best AI technology to show that we can make more powerful experiences and narratives with AI.

When he's not working, Kyle can be found shaping his own surfboards, foraging for culinary mushrooms, and growing his own vegetables.