- Ryan (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Ryan
caption =
director =Chris Landreth
producer =Steven Hoban
Mark SmithMarcy Page
writer =
starring =Ryan Larkin Chris Landreth Felicity Fanjoy Derek Lamb
music =Fergus Marsh Michael White
animators =Robb Denovan Sebastian Kapijimpanga Paul Kohut Jeff Panko
cinematography =
editing =Allan Code
distributor =National Film Board of Canada
released =2004
runtime = 13 min 50 sec
country =Canada
language = English
budget =
website = http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?lg=en&id=51259&v=h
imdb_id = 0414469|"Ryan" is a 2004 Oscar-winning
animated documentary byChris Landreth about the influential Canadian animatorRyan Larkin , who in later years lived onskid row inMontreal following a history of drug andalcohol abuse .Co-produced by Copper Heart Entertainment and the
National Film Board of Canada , "Ryan" is an animated interpretation of an actual interview with Larkin, conducted by the film's director. Excerpts from "Ryan" also appear in theNFB co-produced documentary "Alter Egos", directed by Laurence Green."Ryan" won the 2004
Academy Award for Animated Short Film and the 25th Genie Award for Best Animated Short. The film was also very well received at the Cannes, Venice, Sundance and Toronto film festivals.Director Landreth was also nominated for an Academy Award in 1995 for "The End".
External links
* [http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?lg=en&id=51259&v=h "Ryan"] at the
National Film Board of Canada
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* [http://www.cgw.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=43152D1253D4479A8BA7C52DD30FA18E Psychorealism] (Computer Graphics World, July 2004)
* [http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~patrick/ryanTech/ Technical Development of Ryan]
* [http://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom?v=gvfgLBMmtVs Ryan Full Film on the Youtube Screening Room]
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