Ryan Betschart
Known for
Directing
Born
July 16, 1985 (age 41)
Biography
Ryan is co-director and head curator of San Diego Underground Film Festival (MovieMaker Magazine Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee), has programmed for Slamdance Film Festival, has taught Adjunct at CalArts, and is currently a Lecturer at UC San Diego in the Cinematic Arts Program.
His films have screened at Fantasia, Slamdance, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Porto Post/Doc, Hammer Museum, REDCAT, Desert Daze, and have won awards at Slamdance, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Indie Memphis, Arizona Underground.
His band Shrine Maiden's album And I Arise was named one the Top 10 Experimental Albums of 2020 by Outtallectuals zine. Their 4th al...
Best known work
False Expectations
2023
Cup of Stars
2015
An Example of Lee-Roth Fog, Isolated Under Laboratory Conditions
2022
kāua - we (you and i)
2023
The Flaw in the Crystal
2021
Sun Sonification
2021
Cousins
2021
Before She Leaves Her Body
kino lau: many bodies
2024
The Mandela Effect
2018Filmography
TBA
Before She Leaves Her BodyDirector
2026
Tropical FractalsAssociate Producer, Sound Recordist
2025
A Theory of /Cloud/Director, Music
2025
A Storm at SeaProducer, Music
2025
Operation Wandering Soul ////////// Ghost Tape Number 10Director, Writer
2025
Ua 'ike auDirector
2025
And I Arise (Reprise)Producer, Music
2024
kino lau: many bodiesDirector
2023
2023
False ExpectationsMusic, Producer
2023
kāua - we (you and i)Producer
2022
2021
The Flaw in the CrystalDirector
2021
CousinsProducer
2021
Sun SonificationDirector
2020
The Second BodyDirector
2020
婦人 (Fujin)Producer
2019
A Peculiar Week in My Dream Journal May 1973Director, Writer
2019
2018
2018
ZablahDirector, Writer
2018
2018
The Mandela EffectDirector
2017
2017
Girl Becomes SnowDirector