Biography

Ryan is Senior Vice President of Production at Rideback where he works on both live action and animated projects. In addition to running point on the development and production of the LEGO universe, he focuses on further developing the company's existing feature slate and finding new material. At Rideback he has executive produced THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, and co-produced DEATH NOTE, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE and THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE.

Ryan hails from Harvard where he studied Neurobiology and Economics, but spent most of his time pursuing the arts. He spent four years performing with the cast of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, America's oldest collegiate theatrical organization. Outside the Pudding he performed, choreographed and directed slightly less burlesque productions at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge among other places on campus. In the summer of 2011, Ryan tested the LA waters with an internship at Lin Pictures. After one more year in the northeast scanning brains, he decided he couldn't stay away any longer.

Ryan was born in Chicago and grew up in Palo Alto, CA. In his spare time he choreographs couples' first dances at weddings and plays soccer.

- IMDb mini biography by: Rideback Official Site Bio