Having taken a break from film after winning best director at The Brazil International Film Festival back in 2018, Ryan Neil Butler is back with a vengeance or early retirement, we'll see. He's off to a good start though having won the Sunny Coast Showdown for his script submission Bin Day. Through that competition he was awarded $15k to produce the script. Allowing him to have 2 short films doing the rounds in the festival circuit, the second being The Gorge.

He utilises his decade long career as an editor in his directing style. Finding it helps to visualise the edit clearly while on set. Priding himself on being a performance based director, wanting his actors to feel comfortable in their performances.

A lot of Ryan's experiences have come from working on a variety of projects from a sci-fi tv series to a feature length film.
Ryan is inspired by directors, Edgar Wright and Robert Rodriguez. Wright's attention to detail with sound and editing and Rodriguez's philosophy of low budget film making, are the styles that help guide Ryan with his directing. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Media in 2012, Ryan is still continuing to build his skills and is ever learning to be the best at what he is passionate about, story telling.

And if you're still reading this, I hope you enjoyed this attempt at self promotion.