Aaron Ryder
American film producer
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Aaron Ryder is an American film producer.
Aaron Ryder | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Employer | Ryder Picture Company |
Early in his career, he was an executive producer of Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000) and Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (2001), and also produced Nolan's The Prestige (2006). Ryder was one of the founding members of FilmNation Entertainment. During his time at FilmNation, he produced Mud (2012), House at the End of the Street (2012), The Founder (2016), Pieces of a Woman (2020), and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021). In 2016, Ryder produced Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and David Linde.[1][2][3] In early 2021, Ryder formed Ryder Picture Company, a film and television production company with a first-look-deal with MGM.[4] Ryder's first production under the Ryder Picture Company banner, Bruiser (2022), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022, and the second feature, Dumb Money, was released in 2023.
Filmography
Producer
- Get It On! (1998) (Also director and writer)
- The Amateurs (2005)
- The Return (2005)
- The TV Set (2006)
- The Prestige (2006)
- Hamlet 2 (2008)
- My One and Only (2009)
- Sanctum (2011) (co-producer)
- The Raven (2012)
- Mud (2012)
- House at the End of the Street (2012)
- Premature (2014)
- Transcendence (2014)
- Arrival (2016)
- The Founder (2016)
- Ideal Home (2018)
- Life Itself (2018)
- The Lodge (2019)
- Pieces of a Woman (2020)
- The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
- Reminiscence (2021)
- The Good House (2021)
- Bruiser (2022)
- To Catch a Killer (2023)
- Dumb Money (2023)
- All of You (2024)
- At the Sea (2026)
- I Love Boosters (2026)
- The Death of Robin Hood (2026)
- Untitled Tim Miller film (2027)
- Onslaught (TBA)
Executive producer
- Memento (2000)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- The Mexican (2001)
- Wish You Were Dead (2001)
- Stark Raving Mad (2002)
- Wrong Turn (2003)
- Red Dog (2011)
- Far Out (2016)
- Miss Sloane (2016)
- The Sense of an Ending (2017)
- Kill Switch (2017)
- Greyhound (2020)
Special thanks
- Hurt (2009)
- Eye in the Sky (2015)
- Miscellaneous crew
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | French Kiss | Production coordinator: Working Title Films, Los Angeles |
| 1997 | Bean | Coordinator: L.A. |
| 2013 | All Is Lost | Distribution partner: FilmNation Entertainment team |
| 2017 | Disobedience | Co-president production & acquisitions: FilmNation Entertainment |
| 2019 | Late Night | In-house producer: FilmNation Entertainment |
| 2020 | The Courier | |
| Promising Young Woman | ||
| The Nest |
Awards and nominations
- Academy Award for Best Picture – Arrival – Nominated
- BAFTA Award for Best Film – Arrival – Nominated[5]
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture – Arrival – Nominated[6]