Ryan Ward (actor)

Ryan Ward (born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter. 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.

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. 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.

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.

In 2023 Ward is slated to release '' Daughter of the Sun'', a film which has been billed as a continuation of ''Son of the Sunshine''.Kelly Townsend
"Fantasia sets two Canadian world bows among first wave titles"
''Playback'', May 11, 2023.

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Canadian male film actors
Canadian male musical theatre actors
Canadian male screenwriters
1979 births
Male actors from Winnipeg
Writers from Winnipeg
Film directors from Winnipeg
Living people
21st-century Canadian screenwriters

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