Directing
Ryan Betschart
EN, PT cinema · 27 credits
Born
16 July 1985 (age 41)
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 album is due out October 31st 2025 on Whited Sepulchre Records. Ryan holds an MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and a BA in Visual Art from UC San Diego.
Known for
Filmography
Tropical Fractals
Associate Producer, Sound Recordist
A Theory of /Cloud/
Director, Music
Ua 'ike au
Director
A Storm at Sea
Producer, Music
And I Arise (Reprise)
Producer, Music
False Expectations
Music, Producer
Cousins
Producer
婦人 (Fujin)
Producer
A Peculiar Week in My Dream Journal May 1973
Director, Writer
Zablah
Writer, Director
Cup of Stars
as Himself, Director
Pudding
Director