Ryan Gielen

Ryan Gielen is an author, filmmaker, and photographer in Los Angeles. Producing and Directing credits include the 2021 DiscoveryPlus and Peacock documentary My Beautiful Stutter, from executive producers Paul Rudd and Mariska Hargitay, The Graduates, in the top-ten comedies all time on Hulu, and Turtle Hill, Brooklyn, distributed by Netflix. Ryan was also Executive Producer of sometimes, i think about dying, premiering Sundance 2019, and Academy Award-shortlisted 2020, and a two-time WEBBY-winner for Deleted, The Game. Ryan and his brother Matthew were co-founders of DVD’s to the Troops, which collected and shipped an estimated 225,000 used and new DVD’s to American military personnel in war zones around the world from 2010-2021. You can see Ryan’s personal photography and other work on his website, or on Instagram. Ryan lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actor-producer Katy Wright-Mead and their two children.