Ryan Ward (born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for his debut feature film as a director, Son of the Sunshine, for which Ward and Matthew Heiti were shortlisted Genie Award nominees for Best Original Screenplay at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.[2]
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Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba,[3] he now splits his time between Winnipeg and Los Angeles.[4] As an actor, he had primarily supporting roles in films, including Nostradamus, We Ate the Children Last and Sidekick, prior to Son of the Sunshine, as well as a long-running stage role in the original Off-Broadway and Toronto productions of Evil Dead The Musical for which he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award.[5][6][7]
He has also directed the short films In the Beginning was Water and Sky (PBS, National Film Board of Canada), Amerika, Time Traveling Through Time, and Our Secret.[8][9]
In 2023 Ward released Daughter of the Sun, a sequel to Son of the Sunshine.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Keeping it alive: Ryan Ward and Matt Heiti talk Son of the Sunshine and Genie nominations". Toronto Film Scene, February 2012.
- ^ "Cafe de Flore, A Dangerous Method, lead Genies race". Toronto Star, January 18, 2012.
- ^ "Filmmaker finds his place in the sunshine; Ryan Ward's psycho-drama centres on man with Tourette's - and power to heal". Montreal Gazette, September 5, 2009.
- ^ "Meet Ryan Ward & Mackenzie Leigh | Film Writer/Director & Producer – SHOUTOUT LA".
- ^ "Blood, Song and Dance: Evil Dead: The Musical Opens Off-Broadway | Playbill".
- ^ "In search of spooky thrills". The Globe and Mail, October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Scorched, We Will Rock You, Four Horsemen Are Among 2007 Dora Winners in Toronto | Playbill".
- ^ "Ryan Ward | Actor, Producer, Director". IMDb.
- ^ Ward, Ryan (2018). "In the Beginning was Water and Sky".
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "Fantasia sets two Canadian world bows among first wave titles". Playback, May 11, 2023.
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