Rick Borutta began his career in media following 15 years in live theater. He managed productions across the globe for Tommy Tune and Elaine Stritch, with whom he appears in the HBO documentary Elaine Stritch at Liberty. His own non-fiction films include Beauty from Our Hands, a Cannes Short Film Corner selection, set in Cape Town, South Africa. His first film, Tomorrow is Today was created with classmates from Hunter College and the University of Cape Town. In the works is a third short SA film about a sangoma medicine man, and a feature-length narrative screenplay titled Let Me Be Sky. Other subjects Rick has produced for film include Kitty Carlisle Hart, Larry Kramer, therapy dogs and ghosts.

Currently, Rick is an associate producer for CBS News.com where he assists in the posting of broadcast content to the web and live streaming. He directs the live web stream of The Saturday Early Show anchored by Cali Carlin.

Rick lives in Manhattan and Sag Harbor, N.Y.