author bio: ryan gielen
Born:
Columbia, Maryland
College:
Washington & Lee University
About:
Ryan's films have won awards in festivals around the country for writing, direction and vision, and have been featured in The Washington Post, Wholphin, Filmmaker Magazine, Gawker, Salon, IndieReader.com, GalleyCat, ENewser, MediaBistro and over 200 local print, radio and television outlets. His most recent feature, Turtle Hill, Brooklyn premiered at NewFest 2011, the country's premiere LGBT film festival and won the Audience Award for Best Narrative. Turtle Hill is currently on the festival circuit and will hit art house theaters in the fall. Following a three-month college tour, Ryan's award-winning first feature,The Graduates (2009) launched a ten-city arthouse theatrical release, playing to sold out crowds. It has gone to be one of the top 5 digitally selling indies of the last decade. Love Bomb and the Pink Platoon (Brownpenny, 230 pgs) is Ryan's first book, and is available everywhere books are sold online.
For information on, or support with book trailer production, please visit Ryan's production company: Believe Limited
Films:
Turtle Hill, Brooklyn
Winner: Audience Award, Best Narrative, NewFest 2011
Variety Review
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The Graduates
Winner: Director Discovery Award, Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival
Winner: Best Comedy, Seattle True Indie Film Festival
Watch for free on Netflix
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TWO
Official Selection, over 20 fests worldwide
Watch now: on Vimeo
Deleted Scenes
Winner: Best Short Screenwriting, VisionFest 2007
Winner:
Experimental, Smogdance 2007
Official Selection, over 15 fests nationwide
Watch now: on Vimeo
