Aaron Ryder

{{short description|American film producer}}

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Aaron Ryder is an American film producer.

Early in his career, he was an executive producer of Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000) and Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (2001), and also produced Nolan's The Prestige (2006). Ryder was one of the founding members of FilmNation Entertainment. During his time at FilmNation, he produced Mud (2012), House at the End of the Street (2012), The Founder (2016), Pieces of a Woman (2020), and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021). In 2016, Ryder produced Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and David Linde.{{cite news |last1=Merry |first1=Stephanie |date=January 24, 2017 |title=Oscar nominations 2017: Complete list of nominees; 'La La Land's' 14 ties record |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/01/24/oscar-nominations-2017-complete-coverage/ |accessdate=25 January 2017}}{{cite web |date=January 24, 2017 |title=Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List – 89th Academy Awards |url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110203809/http://oscar.go.com/nominees |archivedate=January 10, 2013 |accessdate=January 25, 2017 |publisher=Oscars.com}}{{cite web |date=January 24, 2017 |title=Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/oscar-nominations-2017-full-list |accessdate=January 25, 2017 |publisher=Vanity Fair}} In early 2021, Ryder formed Ryder Picture Company, a film and television production company with a first-look-deal with MGM.{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=2021-01-21 |title='Arrival' Producer Aaron Ryder Launches Company, Signs First-Look Deal With MGM (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/arrival-producer-aaron-ryder-mgm-1234889565/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Ryder's first production under the Ryder Picture Company banner, Bruiser (2022), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022, and the second feature, Dumb Money, was released in 2023.