Ryan Ward (actor)

{{Short description|Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter}}

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Ryan Ward (born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter.[http://thetfs.ca/article/interview-ryan-ward-and-matt-heiti-of-son-of-the-sunshine/ "Keeping it alive: Ryan Ward and Matt Heiti talk Son of the Sunshine and Genie nominations"]. Toronto Film Scene, February 2012. He is best known for his debut feature film as a director, Son of the Sunshine, for which Ward and Matthew Heiti were shortlisted Genie Award nominees for Best Original Screenplay at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012."Cafe de Flore, A Dangerous Method, lead Genies race". Toronto Star, January 18, 2012.

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba,"Filmmaker finds his place in the sunshine; Ryan Ward's psycho-drama centres on man with Tourette's - and power to heal". Montreal Gazette, September 5, 2009. he now splits his time between Winnipeg and Los Angeles.{{cite web | url=https://shoutoutla.com/meet-ryan-ward-mackenzie-leigh-film-writer-director-producer/ | title=Meet Ryan Ward & Mackenzie Leigh | Film Writer/Director & Producer – SHOUTOUT LA }} As an actor, he had primarily supporting roles in films, including Nostradamus, We Ate the Children Last and Sidekick, prior to Son of the Sunshine, as well as a long-running stage role in the original Off-Broadway and Toronto productions of Evil Dead The Musical for which he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award.{{Cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/blood-song-and-dance-evil-dead-the-musical-opens-off-broadway-com-135983|title=Blood, Song and Dance: Evil Dead: The Musical Opens Off-Broadway | Playbill}}"In search of spooky thrills". The Globe and Mail, October 31, 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/scorched-we-will-rock-you-four-horsemen-are-among-2007-dora-winners-in-toronto-com-141799|title=Scorched, We Will Rock You, Four Horsemen Are Among 2007 Dora Winners in Toronto | Playbill}}

He has also directed the short films In the Beginning was Water and Sky (PBS, National Film Board of Canada), Amerika, Time Traveling Through Time, and Our Secret.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1653465/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_ryan%2520ward | title=Ryan Ward | Actor, Producer, Director | website=IMDb }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/in-the-beginning-was-water-and-sky/ | title=In the Beginning was Water and Sky | first=

Ryan | last=Ward | year=2018}}

In 2023 Ward released Daughter of the Sun, a sequel to Son of the Sunshine.Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2023/05/11/fantasia-sets-two-canadian-world-bows-among-first-wave-titles/ "Fantasia sets two Canadian world bows among first wave titles"]. Playback, May 11, 2023.