Ryan Binse

Binse was born in Houston, Texas,^[1] to George Binse and Mary Bick in 1984. He graduated in 2003 from James E. Taylor High School and joined the United States Navy under the Delayed Entry Program. Binse began training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, in 2005.^[2] He was promoted to petty officer first class and served until 2016 when he received a Bachelor of Science – Nuclear at Excelsior College and Certificate – Producing at UCLA Extension.^[3][4]

In 2017, Binse was fixing electrical boxes on ships^[5] when he produced Fletcher and Jenks, a film initially made for the 48 Hour Film Project, that received multiple nominations at GI Film Festival San Diego.^[6]

In 2018, he found work in the production department at HBO through Veterans in Media & Entertainment Internship program.^[3][5] In 2019, he produced A Rodeo Film by Darius Dawson when he got his Master of Fine Arts – Producing at AFI Conservatory^[7][8][3] and interned at Silver Pictures. Dawson said he and Binse plan to turn that project into a feature film.^[9]

In 2022, a film he produced called We All Die Alone screened at GI Film Festival San Diego^[10] and Dances with Films.^[11] In 2025, Binse produced Gerald Robert Waddell's film Project MKHEXE which included a crew of AFI alumni.^[12] The film was exclusively released on Screambox.^[13]