Ryan Betschart
Known for: Directing
Born: July 15, 1985
Ryan is co-director and head curator of San Diego Underground Film Festival (MovieMaker Magazine Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee), has programmed for Slamdance Film Festival, has taught Adjunct at CalArts, and is currently a Lecturer at UC San Diego in the Cinematic Arts Program. His films have screened at Fantasia, Slamdance, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Porto Post/Doc, Hammer Museum, REDCAT, Desert Daze, and have won awards at Slamdance, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Indie Memphis, Arizona Underground. His band Shrine Maiden's album And I Arise was named one the Top 10 Experimental Albums of 2020 by Outtallectuals zine. Their 4th album is due out October 31st 2025 on Whited Sepulchre Records. Ryan holds an MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and a BA in Visual Art from UC San Diego.
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Cup of Stars
Himself
An Example of Lee-Roth Fog, Isolated Under Laboratory Conditions
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kāua - we (you and i)
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The Flaw in the Crystal
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Sun Sonification
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Cousins
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Before She Leaves Her Body
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kino lau: many bodies
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The Mandela Effect
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Pudding
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A Peculiar Week in My Dream Journal May 1973
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Girl Becomes Snow
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The Sacred Mushroom Edition (For Kenneth Anger, by way of Kuchar)
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A Collection of Attempts in Astral Travel
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The Second Body
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Paper Chase
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Towards the Experimental Control of Dreaming
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Zablah
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There Must Be a Safe Space to Load the Building Materials
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Operation Wandering Soul ////////// Ghost Tape Number 10
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A Theory of /Cloud/
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Ua 'ike au
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A Storm at Sea
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False Expectations
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