Ryan Betschart

Directing·Jul 16, 1985

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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.

Film	Credit
A Theory of /Cloud/2025 · Director	Director
A Storm at Sea2025 · Producer	Producer
Operation Wandering Soul ////////// Ghost Tape Number 102025 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ua 'ike au2025 · Director	Director
And I Arise (Reprise)2025 · Producer	Producer
kino lau: many bodies2024 · Director	Director
body / negative - everett (feat. Midwife)2023 · Director	Director
False Expectations2023 · Producer	Producer
kāua - we (you and i)2023 · Producer	Producer
An Example of Lee-Roth Fog, Isolated Under Laboratory Conditions2022 · Director	Director
The Flaw in the Crystal2021 · Director	Director
Cousins2021 · Producer	Producer
Sun Sonification2021 · Director	Director
The Second Body2020 · Director	Director
婦人 (Fujin)2020 · Producer	Producer
A Peculiar Week in My Dream Journal May 19732019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Collection of Attempts in Astral Travel2019 · Director	Director
There Must Be a Safe Space to Load the Building Materials2018 · Director	Director
Zablah2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Towards the Experimental Control of Dreaming2018 · Director	Director
The Mandela Effect2018 · Director	Director
The Sacred Mushroom Edition (For Kenneth Anger, by way of Kuchar)2017 · Director	Director
Girl Becomes Snow2017 · Director	Director
Paper Chase2016 · Director	Director
Cup of Stars2015 · Himself, Director	Himself, Director
Pudding2015 · Director	Director
BBefore She Leaves Her BodyDirector	Director