Ryan Mains

Ryan Mains was born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, and began making movies as a kid on his parent's 8mm video camera. He attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art Design and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film Production from Simon Fraser University. In 2007, Ryan received a Kickstart Award from the Directors Guild of Canada to produce and direct his short film The Collinwood Campaign. Ryan's 2008 film Of Golf and God was awarded Best Feature Comedy at the Eugene International Film Festival and Best Screenplay at the Beloit International Film Festival - no small feat for a self-funded feature on a $15,000 budget. Since 2010, Ryan has worked in commercial, promotion, and branded content production as a director, producer, and editor, working with numerous brands from conception to completion. In 2014, Ryan was the directing showrunner on the lifestyle/factual series "Quest OutWest: Wild Food" for APTN, directing seven half hour episodes and editing six. Ryan began work at Hollywood Suite in 2015, producing promotions and original content.