Biography

Ryan is a multi-skilled director who has created work for 6 feature films, television, A/V design and winning international awards for best film and best director.Recently directing TV Movies ‘Sun,Rosé and romance’, 'Finding love in Saint Lucia', 'Christmas at the Castle' and thriller 'Labor, Lies and Murder' for US television Lifetime Channel.In theatre and tours 50 plus productions in various capacities including; director and AV designer.Notable arena show 'The Steamie at the SSE Hydro', 'Confessional' and 'Neither God Nor Angel' and upcoming ‘Keepin the Heid’ at Oran Mor, 'A Bottle of Wine and Patsy Cline' and directing regularly Edinburgh King's Panto and Scottish broadcast legends, Grant Stott and the late Andy Gray in the Edinburgh Fringe and subsequent tours.  Ryan is also director and producer for Dreamcastle Films and Interabang productions.In other media, directing the live show 'The Dolls:Friday Night Kerry Oot!', 'Said the Dove To The Olive Tree', 'Mouthful of Monologues, 6 part online series Scene to Seen and BBC Shortstuff and The Social.In additional credits and media work including 'Wicked', 'Paw Patrol' and 'Kinky Boots' UK Tours,'Allan Stewarts Big Big Variety Show', 'The Steamie' tours and John Byrne's 'Cuttin a Rug'.
Ryan also created and directed the animated shorts 'When Stars Align' and 'The Boy and The seahorse’. He also edited a number of feature films under a pseudonym and colour graded ‘Pictures From Ukraine’, a BBC Scotland documentary. 

Credits

Sun, Rose And Romance 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2023
From Paradise With Love 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2022
Deadly Doula 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2021
Christmas In The Highlands 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2019

Other Credits

Scene to Seen Short Film Series View
Description Year
A series of six weekly shorts, filmed and produced during the covid pandemic. From a nightclub confessional through a corpse discovery mishap onto a fairytale. Scene to Seen takes a journey onto a probation teachers historic nightmare through to homeschooling and what it means to be a hero. PERMANENT SCAR BY RACHEL FLYNN CINDERELLA COMPLEX BY KIRSTY MAY MAMILTON AFTER THE BEEP BY ISLA ROBERTSON AYE MISS BY BENJAMIN STOREY BODY ISSUES BY ISLA ROBERTSON NO HERO BY RACHEL FLYNN 2020
Said The Dove To The Olive Tree Short Film Spoken Word View
Description Year
A piece of digital spoken word, exploring the identity of Palestinian diaspora in Scotland capturing intricate balance between nostalgic romanticism of a homeland and bleak and dangerous reality of the oppression of Palestinians. 2021
The Dolls: Friday Night Kerry Oot Live Online TV Special View
Description Year
The Dolls (Gayle Telfer Stevens and Louise McCarthy) are back for Dolls TV Online in their very own Friday Night Kerry Oot! Songs, Sketches, Scandalous scenes of comedy and sing alongs, LIVE! 2021
When Stars Align Animation View
Description Year
Silli the Starseeker has crash lands at Coats Observatory. Janet Coats joins her on a cosmic adventure - battling the menacing Lord Hamilton and the fearsome Nothingness - reigniting the true spirit of this extraordinary town. A family adventure digital shadow animation. "All adventures begin with a dream..." Silli the Starseeker has crash landed at Coats Observatory in Paisley. Join Silli and Janet Coats on their uplifting cosmic adventure - battling the menacing Lord Hamilton and the fearsome Nothingness - and reigniting the true spirit of this extraordinary town. 2020
The Boy And The Seahorse Animation View
Description Year
The Boy and the Seahorse, a North East fairy tale by Benjamin Storey and presented by Interabang Productions. A modern Northumbrian folktale, based on the last generation of Gas Lamplighters of the North East, the 'Learies'. Set in the 1899 and with a strong sense of place, tradition and adventure, the play takes the audience on a journey through the history of the Learie, the austerity of the region and the impact of the Sir William Armstrong movement. 2020
Time Teens: The Beginning Feature Film View
Description Year
Time Travel exists. William is a Turasaiche ( a descendant time traveller) who works for the World Time forum, policing time crime at the world office in Perth, Scotland. When William is sent a letter from the future, he is shown what might happen if his journey continues. To Change it, he must recruit a new team. Time Teens is a Prequal Pilot film for a TV series by the same name. 2015
A Journey to Etna Documentary Feature View
Description Year
In 2010, a charity team from Scotland dare the ash slopes of Europes most active volcano in an attempt to conquer the adventurous expedition to raise money for charity. From Scotland to Italy the team brave the outdoors and summit the death zone and mouth of this ferocious crevasse of nature. 2010
River City BBC Scotland Continuing View
Description Year
BBC Scotland continuing Drama 2015

Non-Directorial Credits

Pictures from Ukraine View
Description
Colour grader for 3 Part documentary revealing the war on Ukraine by dulcimer pictures for BBC Scotland

Skills

  • Arts
  • HD
  • Lecturing
  • Self-shooting
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