Ryan Pickett is an American film director, writer & producer, and television actor.

Ryan Pickett Productions

In 2008, Ryan created Ryan Pickett Productions. He submitted a business plan for a feature film production company along with his first short movie, '' You Only Loved Me Twice,'' and was selected as a top 5 finalist for the Global Entrepreneurship Week film entrepreneurship competition ‘The Race to BE’, hosted by media mogul

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at Sony Picture Studios in Los Angeles in 2008.

Films

''Look''

Ryan directed, produced and co-wrote the short film ''

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,'' which won an Award of Merit in the 2009 Accolade Competition for student films, an Award of Merit in the 201
Best Shorts Competition
for experimental films, a Gold Award in the 2011 California Film Awards, a Silver Lei Award in the 2012 Honolulu Film Awards, as well as Best Original Score and an Award of Excellence in the 2012 Los Angeles Movie Awards. Ryan directed ''Look'' using the Red One 4K in 2009. ''Look'' was received well by critics Currently, ''Look'' has distribution through

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and IndiePix online video streaming services.

''You Only Loved Me Twice''

The first film that Ryan made, '' You Only Loved Me Twice'', as well as Ryan's business proposal helped him beat out thousands of others across the world to earn him a top five finalist spot in the showcase event for the USA during Global Entrepreneurship Week, which was a film entrepreneurship competition, the Race to BE, hosted by

at Sony Picture Studios in Los Angeles. In an interview with

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Ryan said, '' You Only Loved Me Twice'' is "a beginning film, but I did decide to go over the top with it". '' You Only Loved Me Twice'' currently has distribution with

online video streaming service.

Filmography

Film director

* ''

'' (short, 2009) * '' You Only Loved Me Twice'' (short, 2008)

TV Actor

* " ''Arrested Development'' (TV series)" season 2, episode 7 "Switch Hitter", played the Young Oscar Bluth * ''

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'' 22 episodes from 2005–2006, played the Young Handsome Doctor

Awards and nominations

References

External links

You Only Loved Me Twice on IndieFlix

Profile in 2012 Vol. 7 No. 1 ''studentfilmmakers'', p. 47
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pickett, Ryan Living people American male film actors University of Maryland, College Park alumni Film producers from Tennessee American male television actors Mass media people from Nashville, Tennessee Male actors from Baltimore Male actors from Tennessee Film directors from Maryland Film directors from Tennessee Year of birth missing (living people)