Ryan (film)

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Ryan
Directed by	Chris Landreth
Starring	Ryan Larkin Chris Landreth Felicity Fanjoy Derek Lamb
Music by	Fergus Marsh Michael White
Editing by	Allan Code
Distributed by	Rhino
Release date(s)	2004
Running time	13 min 50 sec
IMDb profile

Ryan is a 2004 Oscar-winning animated documentary about the influential Canadian animator Ryan Larkin who lived on skid row in Montreal following years of drug and alcohol 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, Chris Landreth. Excerpts from Ryan also appear in the NFB 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.

[edit] External links

• Ryan at the National Film Board of Canada
• Ryan at the Internet Movie Database