Born in Columbia, Maryland, college @ Washington & Lee University in Lexington Virginia, started producing in NYC and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, writer/producer Katy Wright-Mead.

Ryan and his brother Matthew were co-founders of DVD’s to the Troops, which as of its closing in 2021, collected and shipped an estimated 225,000 used and new DVD’s to American military personnel in war zones around the world.

FILM

My Beautiful Stutter, feature length documentary from producers Paul Rudd, Mariska Hargitay, Peter Hermann, and George Springer. Distributed by Discovery+, NHK (Japan), SkyTV (Europe) and others. WINNER: Shorty Social Good Award. WINNER: Viola Marshall Audience Award, Best Doc, Rhode Island International Film Festival. WINNER: Best Doc, Doc Sunback Film Festival. WINNER: Audience Award, Best Film, Special Presentations, Napa Valley Film Festival. WINNER: Best Doc, Boston Int’l Children’s Film Festival. (Producer/Director)

sometimes, i think about dying, short film, Sundance Film Festival premiere, Sundance Shorts Tour, Vimeo Staff Pick, 100+ film festival selections, shortlisted 2019 Academy Awards. (Executive Producer)

Bombardier Blood, feature length documentary from producer and Emmy-Winner Alex Borstein. (Producer)

Turtle Hill, Brooklyn, Audience Award for best Best Narrative, LGBT NewFest, 2013. Available on Amazon, iTunes and other outlets. (Producer/Director)

Drinking Games, Indie Thriller, 2013. Available on Amazon, iTunes and other outlets. (Producer/Director)

The Graduates, top ten comedies all time on Hulu, WINNER: Director Discovery Award, RIIFF, 2010. Available on Amazon. Originally distributed exclusively by Netflix (DVD) and Hulu (streaming).(Writer/Producer/Director)

Two, Finalist, Academy Award-qualifying USA Film Festival, Official Selection over 20 film festivals. (Producer/Director)

Deleted Scenes, WINNER: Short Screenwriting, VisionFest 2008, Official Selection over 20 film festivals. (Writer/Director)

Larry Keel: Beautiful Thing, documentary, 2002, a year on tour with the greatest bluegrass performer you’ve never heard of, Larry Keel. Available on Amazon. (Producer/Director)

THEATER

The Healing Power of Bright Colors, monologue, produced for After Orlando, by Missing Bolts & No Passport, NYC, 2016. Writer. Read it here.

Let Me Go, short, produced for Find The Light, event raising awareness about mental illness, Los Angeles, 2016. Writer. 

Brother Beach, short, reading produced for Believe Theatrical's Bleeding on Broadway fundraiser for HANY, NYC, 2016. Writer. Read it here.

Land Grab, short, produced for Fundamental Theater Project's Mass Rhetoric New Works Festival, NYC, 2016. Writer. Read it here.

Ham & Pineapple, short, produced for Tiny Rhino at Play Collaborative Arts Space, w/ Seth Kirschner and Katy Wright-Mead, Los Angeles, 2015. Writer. Read it here.

Deleted Scenes, reading produced for Believe Theatrical's quarterly reading series, w/ Anthony Rapp and others, NYC, 2014. Writer. 

Under The Boardwalk, reading produced for Believe Theatrical's quarterly reading series, w/ Sam Underwood and others, NYC, 2014. Writer. 

The Devil Made Me Do It excerpted for and produced by STICKY at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, 2012 w/ Brian Seibert. Writer. 

WEB

Stop the Bleeding! Award-winning comedic web series for young people living with bleeding disorders, 29 episodes, 2012-present. (Producer/Director) 

Deleted: The Game WEBBY Award-winning interactive web series, 10 episodes, released in 2008. (Producer/Director)

BOOKS

Love Bomb & The Pink Platoon is an unforgiving satire of the United States military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy effectively banning LGBTQ+ community from serving their country. The true-but-officially-denied story reveals in print for the first time the story of a military experiment that went horribly wrong and turned an entire platoon gay. Available in paperback on Amazon and electronically on Kindle.