29 Min.
Director Ryan Balas on sex scenes, vulnerability, and collaborating with Entourage's Adrian Grenier Forward Filmmaker
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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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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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Forward Filmmaker is brought to you by Filmhub, the distribution platform where thousands of independent filmmakers distribute and monetize their titles directly to streaming services – without giving up their rights or dealing with the traditional distribution pain points and middlemen. Go to filmhub.com to learn more.
29 Min.