Ryan William Binse is an American film producer and

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veteran who produced the films '' Project MKHEXE'' (2025), '' South of 8'' (2016), '' A Rodeo Film'' (2019), and '' We All Die Alone'' (2021). He served in the U.S. Navy from 2005–2016 before his career in film production through the

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and

AFI Conservatory The AFI Conservatory is a private non-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on stor ...

Personal life

Binse was born in

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to George Binse and Mary Bick in 1984. He graduated in 2003 from James E. Taylor High School and joined the

under the

Delayed Entry Program The Delayed Entry Program (DEP, also called the Delayed Enlistment Program or Future Soldiers Program in the United States), is a program designed to accommodate new enlistees into the United States Armed Forces before they ship out to basic trainin ...

. Binse began training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois in 2005. He was promoted to

petty officer first class Petty officer first class (PO1) is a rank found in some navies and maritime organizations. Canada Petty officer, 1st class, PO1, is a Naval non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces. It is senior to the rank of petty officer 2nd-cla ...

and served until 2016 when he received a

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– Nuclear at

Excelsior College Excelsior University is a private online university in Albany, New York. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprises three schools: the school of undergraduate studies, the school of graduate studies, and the school of nursing ...

and Certificate – Producing at

Career

In 2017, Binse was fixing electrical boxes on ships when he produced '' Fletcher and Jenks'', a film initially made for the

48 Hour Film Project The 48 Hour Film Project is an annual film competition in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. The competition has been a ...

, that received multiple nominations at

GI Film Festival San Diego The GI Film Festival is an annual film festival focused on military and veteran experiences, held in San Diego, California. Films featured in the festival reveal the struggles, triumphs, and experiences of service members and veterans. The festiv ...

. In 2018, he found work in the production department at

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through Veterans in Media & Entertainment Internship program. In 2019, he produced '' A Rodeo Film'' by Darius Dawson when he got his

Master of Fine Arts A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admi ...

– Producing at

and interned at

Silver Pictures Silver Pictures is an American film production company founded by Cinema of the United States, Hollywood producer Joel Silver in 1980. For many years, during the mid-1980s, the production company was based at 20th Century-Fox, but the productio ...

. Dawson said he and Binse plan to turn that project into a feature film. In 2022, a film he produced called '' We All Die Alone'' screened at GI Film Festival San Diego and

Dances with Films Dances With Films (DWF) is an annual independent film festival located in Los Angeles, California and New York. It was founded by Leslee Scallon and Michael Trent. Lineup Taking place every year since 1998, the festival is dedicated to representi ...

. In 2025, Binse produced Gerald Robert Waddell's film ''Project MKHEXE'' which included a crew of AFI alumni. The film was exclusively released on

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Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

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