Ruth Pitt
Director, Creative Cities
Ruth is currently director of the Creative Cities Convention and has previously run documentary departments for the BBC, Granada Television and Tiger Aspect Productions as well as her own independent television production company Real Life. A former reporter and presenter at Yorkshire Television, she has been advisory chair of the Edinburgh International Television Festival, chair of the Nations and Regions Media Conference and is a former executive director of Screen England. Ruth most recently helped shape Leeds City Region’s ground-breaking campaign to host Channel 4’s new National HQ.