Rob Riutta is a production designer living in northern California.  He was born in southern California and has lived in various states in the midwest, south and pacific coast.   He has gathered experience as an attorney, social worker, entrepreneur, non-profit director, factory worker, behavior counselor, office temp, landscaper, student, and paperboy, among other things. 

A life-long love and obsession with cinema brought him back to California.  He was onset dresser on the acclaimed Fruitvale Station (2013) and within a few years was designing his first feature film, American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016).  He has designed 13 independent feature films, including Fremont (2023), a Sundance Festival world premiere, along with numerous shorts, videos, and commercials.  He thanks his crew, always.

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Rob Riutta directed the short documentary Donut Shop (2016) and the narrative short Tough Guys Forget (2021).