Shane RyanReid

Filmmaker and Actor

Shane Ryan began making films at the age of only seven, after his father introduced him to video editing at the early age of five. He made action films in the hopes of being like and appearing in Jean-Claude Van Damme movies, but at the age of 14 decided to delve into dramas and movies about troubled kids. Ryan directed his own films simply as a means for being able to act and write. He initially never wanted to direct.

When Ryan was 19, he saw Tim Roth‘s The War Zone (1999) and the explicit and confrontational Rape Me (2000). After that, Ryan realized he could have an impact with film regarding things like rape, a subject which has haunted him since childhood. This caused Ryan to become a controversial figure in his hometown, when he began making violent films involving sexual abuse. Soon followed underground and indie appeal via the internet before Ryan debuted his first theatrical release in 2007. Academy Award nominated actress Lesley Ann Warren was so outraged by the promotional materials of Ryan‘s film displayed by the Laemmle Theatres that she successfully argued that Ryan‘s promotions be banned. Then in 2009 the mainstream news and Associated Press attacked Ryan for announcing plans to make a movie about Stockholm Syndrome, loosely inspired by the current real-life rescue of Jaycee Dugard, with Lia Marie Johnson set to star. Ryan dropped the project to make My Name Is ‘A’ by Anonymous (2012), a film about convicted killer Alyssa Bustamante, who Ryan felt was getting unfair treatment in the media as well. Ryan makes frequent posts via his Facebook page insisting on Bustamante‘s possible innocence.

Times changed in 2014 when director Albert Pyun (Cyborg 1989) cast Ryan in his first starring role (in a film other than his own) for The Interrogation of Cheryl Cooper (2014) which then landed Ryan a role in Gregory Hatanaka‘s Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015) and the upcoming Interstellar Civil War: Shadows of the Empire (2017), now placing Ryan in the action category of actors who inspired him to make movies in the first place.

Known For

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Philia (segment, “Dacryphilia + Hematolagnia”)
Ted Bundy Had a Son 2 (Brandon)
Ted Bundy Had a Son 3: The Final Chapter (Brandon)
Heartbeat (Rick, 2020)
Awesomely Righteous & Radical (2020)
American Virgins (2020)
Baadasssssploitation! (segment “Brenda”)
Choke (Brandon)
Odds (John, Short, 2020)
Anarchy in L.A. (Looter)
Banned, Exploited & Blacklisted: The Underground Work of Controversial Filmmaker Shane Ryan (2020)
Axegrinder 2 (Jack, 2019)
He Drives at Night ( Detective Phil Ramsey, 2019)
Dacryphilia + Hematolagnia (Short, 2019)
Kamatayan (Short, 2018)
#murderchallenge (2018)
Schlock-O-Rama (segment “Film Trailer”, 2018)
World of Death (segment “Tag”, 2016)
Paper Kids (Short, 2016)
Check Please! (Short, Adam, 2017)
The Disaster Artist (Front Row Premiere Attendee, 2017)
Flesh and Blood a Go! Go! (Mick, 2017)
Caged Beauty (The Hustler, 2016)
Paranormal Activity Security Squad (2016)
WIH Massive Blood Drive PSA 2016 (High School Blood Donor, segment “Blood for America”, 2016)
Hunter (Bobby Ming, 2015)
Jurassic City (Young Frat Guy, 2015)
The Wrong Dessert (Short, Tom, 2014)
One Night@Stan’s (TV Series, Stan, 2014)
Blue Dream (Philip, 2013)
Anti Matter (Short, Eddie, 2011)
Breath of Hate (Artsy Strip Club Patron, 2011)
Violent Blue (Gustav, 2011)
999 West Z Street: The Movie (Kurt, 2009)
Silent Night, Zombie Night (Michael J. Fox Zombie, 2009)

Vaginal Holocaust (Corey, 2009)
Caged Lesbos A-Go-Go (Dr. Roberts, 2009)
Ill-Fated Lovers (2008)
The Cleansing (Short, 2007)
Big Boobs, Blonde Babes, Bad Blood (2006)
Numb (Short, 2006)
Drillbit Taylor (High School Student, 2008)
Blades of Glory (Fan, 2007)
The Cleansing (Boy, Short, 2007)
Inside Manville (Short, 2006)
Sane 2: Edge of Sanity (Miles Rapaport , Short, 2006)
Hallucinations Madness of the Bottle (Short, 2006)
I Killed Tom@Myspace.Com (Short, 2006)
The Movie Extra (Short, 2006)
The Pure Exodus (Short, 2006)
Sane: The Story of the Boredom Killings (Miles Rapaport , Short, 2005)
Love Last Captured (Ryan, Short, 2005)
Bad News Bears (Concert Goer , 2005)
Desperate Housewives (TV Series, Children Will Listen, Camp Hennessey Kid ,2005)
Arrested Development (TV Series, Mother’s boy XXX, Mother’s Boy , 2005)
Poison Cure (Short, 2005)
Tammy’s Slumber Party (Short, Chucky, 2004)
Yesterday (Short, 2004)
The Cold Heat (Short, Johnny, 2004)
So, We Killed Our Parents (Short, Donnie, 2004)
A Normal Life (Short, Strange Boy, 2004)
Lucifer’s Mind (Short, 2003)
Piñata (Short, 2003)
Reality Sucks! (2003)
The Little Guy Kicks Ass (Short, The Little Guy, 2003)
The Snake’s Kiss Good-Bye (2003)
The O.C. (TV Series, The Escape, Club Kid in Fight, 2003)
Isolation (Short, Billy, 2003)
That’s So Raven (TV Series, Saving Psychic Raven, Raven’s Psychic Classmate, 2003)
A Thousand Chances (Short, as Shane Hampton Gledhill , 1995)

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