Ryan Pickett (filmmaker) explained

Ryan Pickett
Birth Place:Baltimore, MD, United States of America
Birthname:Ryan Pickett

Ryan Pickett is an American film director, writer & producer, and television actor.

Ryan Pickett Productions

In 2008, Ryan created Ryan Pickett Productions. He submitted a business plan for a feature film production company along with his first short movie, You Only Loved Me Twice, and was selected as a top 5 finalist for the Global Entrepreneurship Week film entrepreneurship competition ‘The Race to BE’, hosted by media mogul Russell Simmons at Sony Picture Studios in Los Angeles in 2008.[1] [2]

Films

Look

Ryan directed, produced and co-wrote the short film Look, which won an Award of Merit in the 2009 Accolade Competition for student films, an Award of Merit in the 2011 Best Shorts Competition for experimental films, a Gold Award in the 2011 California Film Awards, a Silver Lei Award in the 2012 Honolulu Film Awards, as well as Best Original Score and an Award of Excellence in the 2012 Los Angeles Movie Awards.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Ryan directed Look using the Red One 4K in 2009. Look was received well by critics[10]

Currently, Look has distribution through IndieFlix and IndiePix online video streaming services.[11]

You Only Loved Me Twice

The first film that Ryan made, You Only Loved Me Twice, as well as Ryan's business proposal helped him beat out thousands of others across the world to earn him a top five finalist spot in the showcase event for the USA during Global Entrepreneurship Week, which was a film entrepreneurship competition, the Race to BE, hosted by Russell Simmons at Sony Picture Studios in Los Angeles.[1] [2] [12] In an interview with Nashville Business Journal Ryan said, You Only Loved Me Twice is "a beginning film, but I did decide to go over the top with it".[13] You Only Loved Me Twice currently has distribution with IndieFlix online video streaming service.[11]

Filmography

Film director

TV Actor

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryWorkResult
2012Los Angeles Movie AwardsBest Original Score & Award of Excellence Look[14]
2012Honolulu Film AwardsSilver Lei Award Look[15]
2011California Film AwardsGold Award Look[16]
2011Best Shorts CompetitionAward of Merit Look[17]
2009Accolade CompetitionAward of Merit Look[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nashvillian Finalist in Artistic Competition | TN.gov Newsroom . News.tn.gov . November 13, 2008 . May 13, 2011.
  2. Web site: Race to BE. Entrepreneur Finalists Selected to Compete in Challenge Hosted by Russell Simmons . Kauffman.org . November 5, 2008 . May 13, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174229/http://www.kauffman.org/Details.aspx?id=5200 . July 21, 2011 . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: accoladecompetition.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312032603/http://www.accoladecompetition.org/PDF_Winners/WinnersAccoladeDeadline052909.pdf . March 12, 2012 . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: Watkins Filmmaker Wins Accolade . filmnashville.org . July 22, 2009 . May 13, 2011.
  5. Web site: Watkins Film School Project Wins Award . filmnashville.org . October 8, 2011 . October 8, 2011.
  6. Web site: Best Shorts, Film, Television, TV, Video, Contest, Contests, Awards . Bestshorts.net . November 12, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224124826/http://bestshorts.net/Winners.aspx . February 24, 2012 . mdy-all .
  7. Web site: filmsnobbery.com .
  8. Web site: prlog.org .
  9. Web site: studentfilmmakers.com .
  10. Web site: Indie Short Film Reviews . Webseriescon.com . March 16, 2011 . May 13, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110228120050/http://webseriescon.com/indie-short-film-reviews.html . February 28, 2011 . mdy-all .
  11. News: You Only Loved Me Twice . IndieFlix . January 6, 2012. January 6, 2012.
  12. Web site: LOOK . Ryanpickettproductions.com . May 13, 2011.
  13. News: Watkins Student gets Nod for "Practice Film" in National Contest. Nashville Business Journal . November 23, 2008. July 28, 2011.
  14. Web site: Los Angeles Movie Awards Winners . 2012 . pcfmf.com . Los Angeles Movie Awards . May 28, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120531215049/http://thelamovieawards.com/2012_%28II%29__Winners.html . May 31, 2012 . mdy-all .
  15. Web site: Short Film Look by Director Ryan Pickett Wins Silver Lei Award at 2012 Honolulu Film Awards . 2012 . pcfmf.com . Prlog.org . March 27, 2012.
  16. Web site: Gold Awards . 2011 . pcfmf.com . California Film Awards . February 18, 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20120724153711/http://www.calfilmawards.com/Awards/2011_winners/2011_gold_awards.aspx . July 24, 2012 . mdy-all .
  17. Web site: Winners Announced Awards . 2011 . bestshorts.net . . February 18, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224124826/http://bestshorts.net/Winners.aspx . February 24, 2012 . mdy-all .
  18. Web site: Accolade Winners . 2009 . accoladecompetition.org . Accolade Competition . February 18, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312032603/http://www.accoladecompetition.org/PDF_Winners/WinnersAccoladeDeadline052909.pdf . March 12, 2012 . mdy-all .