R Y A N.

Writer | Actor | Activist

LA | Bay Area based writer, actor, and filmmaker. If you find any scripts you enjoy, or are looking for a hardworking and dedicated collaborator, please contact me.

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Latest Projects

Concord

Concord

“By the time I am done that blade will be in my hands again, and you will grovel at my knees. You’ll be a pig, you hear me Keegan. And I do not fear pigs.”

Now

Nebulus Cafe

“Put a lid on that coffee ‘cause this asteroid ain't stopin' for nobody. What time is it? Who knows. Just strap in and enjoy the zylark beers on Tap!"

Immediately

GraNola

"You're my friend and I love you. You are my favorite person in the whole world and no stupid thing is going to change that. Except now it did..."

Concord is a sweeping sci-fi political drama about the children left behind after a brutal intergalactic war. Children who have all made near impossible choices. When a bombing shatters a fragile peace, 18-year-old regent Leeondre Murray is thrown into power, navigating a galaxy where diplomacy is weaponized and legacy is a curse. Across the aisle, rising powers like Keegan Baker, the disillusioned son of a war hero, and Tessa Ku’uhane, daughter of a gilded queen worshipped as divine, must decide where their loyalty lies.

Set on an asteroid barrelling through the Andromeda galaxy. And what’s on that asteroid? Well, a Café of course. Welcome to Nebulus Café, where we serve aliens of all shapes and sizes. This exestential (and extraterestrial) surrealist comedy follows a sometimes hard working band of humanoids running a cafe settled in a rouge asteroid. Amidst the chaos of unpayable bills, snarky coworkers, and alien customers like a cigar-smoking pug, employee of the month Fillet Fry searches for meaning in the strange, fast-paced environment of the diner.

GraNola is a bruising, offbeat coming-of-age drama about two best friends who sleep together once and completely ruin their lives over it. One impulsive night sets off a slow-motion implosion of their friendship and their reputations. As rumors spread, shame calcifies, and old loyalties turn to silence, the two are forced to confront not just what they did, but what it meant. Equal parts grief, garage oil, and sexual confusion, GraNola is about the deep ache of growing up before you’re ready and losing the person who knew you best just as you’re learning who you are.

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