About

A native of Vancouver, Canada, Ryan knew from a very young age that he wanted to pursue a career in filmmaking.  It was this certainty that led him to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in the University of Southern California’s program for Cinema-Television Production.  While there, he wrote and directed The Midnight Express – a short film that was screened internationally in over thirty film festivals, crowned Global Anarchy Champion at the Slamdance Film Festival and featured in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.  He also wrote several original screenplays, including The Atomic Avenger – a quarter-finalist in the Nicholls and Disney writing fellowships and a finalist in the Slamdance screenplay competition.  Immediately following completion of his advanced undergraduate thesis film Periphery, Texas and his graduation from USC with honors, Ryan was hired by writer/director Stephen Sommers’ production company.

While his job took him around the globe as an assistant on Van Helsing and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Ryan was writing and directing an award-winning reel of commercials.  One in particular, Blak Coffee, was selected by Adrants’ Steve Hall for publication in his book Killed Ideas ­– a study of outside-the-box thinking in advertising.  Following his role as Post Graphics Supervisor on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Ryan started writing and directing full time.

Since then, he’s been recognized for his work behind the camera on Game On 3D - a short film that Paramount Pictures gave a worldwide theatrical release with prints of Justin Bieber – Never Say Never: The Director’s Fan Cut.  His film was the first live-action 3D short ever to be released in theaters.  Ryan’s work can also be seen on television in the form of Collision Earth, a film that premiered as the SyFy Network’s highest rated original movie of 2012.  In addition, he’s a frequent writer and director on The LXD – The Legion Of Extraordinary Dancers, a cross-platform adventure that’s the recipient of an Advertising Age Vanguard Award and a NAPTE Digital Luminary Award for Best Online Series.

Ryan currently resides in Los Angeles, spending the majority of his spare time working on a jetpack for everyday use.