Ryan Betschart
Known for 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.
Filmography
Tropical Fractals
2026
Associate Producer
False Expectations
2023
Producer
A Storm at Sea
2025
Producer
The Second Body
2020
Director
婦人 (Fujin)
2020
Producer
And I Arise (Reprise)
2025
Producer
Cup of Stars
2015
as Himself
Cup of Stars
2015
Director
Paper Chase
2016
Director
Ua 'ike au
2025
Director
A Collection of Attempts in Astral Travel
2019
Director
The Mandela Effect
2018
Director
Pudding
2015
Director
There Must Be a Safe Space to Load the Building Materials
2018
Director
body / negative - everett (feat. Midwife)
2023
Director
The Flaw in the Crystal
2021
Director
Before She Leaves Her Body
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Director
kino lau: many bodies
2024
Director
The Sacred Mushroom Edition (For Kenneth Anger, by way of Kuchar)
2017
Director
Girl Becomes Snow
2017
Director