He has earned several Emmy and photojournalism awards, including an Emmy for his producing and camerawork on a CBS News Special Report from North Korea. His documentary, 30 Frames A Second, won numerous Best Documentary awards at film festivals nationwide, and is distributed by Cinetic and Bullfrog Films. He is also a film critic for KBCS.FM and writes about films as The Restless Critic. He is the host of the popular KBCS Americana program, Roadsongs. Rustin is a graduate of the University of Washington.