Rudy Buttignol
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| Born | 1951 Pordenone, Italy |
| Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canada and Italy |
| Education | York University |
| Alma mater | York University |
| Occupation | Television network executive |
| Years active | 1975 to present |
| Employer | Knowledge Network |
| Spouse(s) | Margie Buttignol |
| Website | www.knowledge.ca |
Rudy Buttignol CM (born 1951) is a Canadian television network executive and entrepreneur. Buttignol is president and CEO of British Columbia's Knowledge Network, BC's public broadcaster. He is also president of Canadian subscription television channel BBC Kids.
Rudy Buttignol was born in 1951 in Pordenone, Italy to Nelda (Caterina) and Marino Buttignol. In 1955 at the age of four, Buttignol and his mother boarded the MS Vulcania and immigrated to Canada via Pier 21 in Halifax. In Toronto, they were reunited with Marino Buttignol, who had immigrated in 1954 to work for Canadian National Railway laying rail in northern Alberta. Buttignol was raised and educated in Toronto. From 1971 to 1975, he attended York University, Faculty of Fine Arts, where he studied film under James Beveridge, Louis de Rochemont 111 and Terence Macartney-Filgate.
Buttignol's career spans more than four decades. At the beginning of his career, he worked as an independent producer, director, writer and editor of documentary and children's programs, and later as a commissioning editor, television programmer, and broadcast executive. He has been called "Canadian broadcasting and documentary guru" and "friend of the auteur in Canada and abroad". Buttignol is acknowledged for his roles developing Canadian cultural policy related to documentary film funding and broadcasting and advancing the creative documentary genre in Canada and on the world stage. Rudy Buttignol originated the idea behind the 2014 television series Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH. He stressed the distinction between the genre of the series, which is a documentary, and that of reality-based entertainment. Rudy Buttignol has published criticisms of the governance of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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