Ruth McCance
Northern Irish film writer and producer (died 2023)
Ruth Torring McCance (1969 – 2023) was a Northern Irish screenwriter and executive producer based in Stockholm. She was known for her work on the television series Little Birds.
Biography
McCance was born in Belfast to Hazel Gorden and Bert McCance. She grew up working class in Belfast, attending Friends' School, Lisburn. McCance graduated with a degree in film and media studies from the University of Glasgow. Later she worked at BBC Scotland, where her writing was discovered, working as a secretary to Andrea Calderwood. Lynne Ramsay credited McCance for allowing her the opportunity to create her film Ratcatcher. She later became a script editor and producer at Ruby Films.
In the early 2000s, she moved to Copenhagen and London to work for Potboiler Productions. In 2011, she moved to Stockholm working on script rights and production management.
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