Ryan Betschart
Directing
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
Directing21
movieA Theory of /Cloud/
2025
Director
movieUa 'ike au
2025
Director
moviekino lau: many bodies
2024
Director
movieThe Flaw in the Crystal
2021
Director
movieSun Sonification
2021
Director
movieThe Second Body
2020
Director
movieZablah
2018
Director
movieThe Mandela Effect
2018
Director
movieGirl Becomes Snow
2017
Director
moviePaper Chase
2016
Director
movieCup of Stars
2015
Director
moviePudding
2015
Director
Production7
movieTropical Fractals
2026
Associate Producer
movieA Storm at Sea
2025
Producer
movieAnd I Arise (Reprise)
2025
Producer
movieFalse Expectations
2023
Producer
moviekāua - we (you and i)
2023
Producer
movieCousins
2021
Producer
movie婦人 (Fujin)
2020
Producer
Sound5
movieTropical Fractals
2026
Sound Recordist
Writing3
Acting1
movieCup of Stars
2015
Himself