This episode of Forward Filmmaker features Ryan Balas, the award-winning New York based director of feature films, docs, and short-form web content like The Really Cool Show, an early YouTube web series with more than 20 million views. Trained as an actor, he focuses on creating deep, emotional resonance, whether it's in wild fictional stories or documentaries. His work often focuses on daily existence and complicated emotions, as evidenced in his trilogy of films: Ice Saints, Our House For The Weekend, and Ex Ex Ex, which star him and his former romantic partner, Dee Herlihy. Ryan also has an upcoming project with Entourage star Adrian Grenier about restoring a Brooklyn brownstone for Adrian's mother. On this episode he'll be talking about sex scenes, lighting, and more.
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