ryan's own projects
Films/shorts that Ryan created or co-created
CLUSTER
2013
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3208984/
Written and directed by Ryan, 8m
A short horror art film; a visual metaphor.
You can watch the movie on YouTube (above).
Defective Man!
2010
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125300/
Directed and co-written by Ryan, 1:33m
A feature length campy superhero comedy about two guys who are completely NOT super. Ryan was approached after a TromaDance festival by a person who had written a script he wanted to make, so Ryan and Steve partnered and made Defective Man!, which premiered in May of 2010 at Albuquerque's Guild theater. You can watch the full length movie on YouTube (above).
After the End, act I
2005
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488275/
Written and directed by Ryan, 33m
Ryan was managing a Hollywood Video and recognized that two genres always out of stock were zombie movies and stoner comedies. Naturally, Ryan wrote a zombie stoner comedy that could be shot in the wastelands that surround Albuquerque and Rio Rancho, NM. About 40 minutes of finished footage from After the End was edited into make this film, which played at the 2005 TromaDance NM Film Festival.
Time Has Come (the Film)
2004
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480591/
Co-written and co-directed by
Elisa & Ryan, 57m
Time Has Come started as a cable access TV show that Elisa and Ryan created in the same vein as The Kids in the Hall or Mr. Show, but not nearly as good as either. Ryan took most of the sketeches that were shot, and edited them together to make Time Has Come (the Film), which premiered at the 2004 TromaDance NM Film Festival.
Spanking the Monkey
2004
Directed by Ryan, 3m
A silly short written by Elisa and Directed (aka he took pictures) by Ryan about a bad little monkey she owned.
Nacht van de Duivel DVD Speler
2004
Written and directed by Ryan, 6m
or: Don't Mix Alcohol and Frustration. Ryan had a DVD player that was a piece of crap and he hated it and wanted to toss it off his apartment balcony into the arroyo several stories below, so he decided to make a stupid short film out of it and record it's destruction.
knuckleheads.
1999
Co-written and co-directed by
Elisa & Ryan
A short film shot on the streets of Germany about the stupid things you do while waiting. The film was fully shot, but the audio was lost between Germany and Albuquerque.
other people's projects
Films/shorts for other people that Ryan worked on
