Ryan Wirick is an award winning film director, cinematographer, editor, and writer.

Since becoming a father, Ryan has focused on film projects that highlight solutions to critical problems in the world, and the people behind those solutions. He Co-Founded Earth Conscious Films with Rob Herring, then Co-Directed/Produced and edited ECF’s feature length, award winning doc, The Need To GROW (theneedtogrow.com).

As a journalist, he was presented with an Orange County Press Club Award. Ryan graduated from Chapman University with an MFA in Creative Writing, an MA in English, and a BA in Philosophy. There he received the Tom Massey Award, the John Fowles Award for Creative Writing, and the William James Award in Philosophy.