Biography
Visionary, award winning filmmaker R.T. Thorne has emerged as one of Canada's most eclectic visual storytellers since debuting on the music video scene over a decade ago. A versatile triple threat, he is a director, screenwriter, and producer focused on telling stories that break new ground representing the unrepresented.
In the fall of 2024 Thorne's critically acclaimed indie debut feature film "40 Acres" starring Danielle Deadwyler, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was named one of TIFF's top 10 films, before having its international premiere at the Red Sea Film Festival, and its U.S. premiere at SXSW. "40 Acres" has been certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and had a limited released across North America through Magnolia Pictures in summer of 2025.
Known for his bold photographic eye, and character first approach, R.T. has directed for series at Netflix, Amazon, Disney, HULU, Skydance, NBC Universal, Warner Television, and The CW. His directing work has taken him to three continents, earned him multiple Canadian Screen Awards, Director's Guild of Canada nominations, and Playback Magazine's Director of the year in 2023.
In 2023 he directed and Executive Produced "The Porter", the critically acclaimed, multi award winning, Emmy nominated historical drama for CBC & BET. Previously he created the award winning HULU original "Utopia Falls", which he also directed and Executive Produced.
R.T. continues to follow his passion for stay telling creating and developing commercially viable filmmaking properties from diverse cultural perspectives.
