R Y A N.

Writer | Actor | Activist

LA | Bay Area based writer, actor, and filmmaker. If you find any scripts you enjoy, or are looking for a hardworking and dedicated collaborator, please contact me.

Instagram

@ryanbackhus

Email

ryanjbackhus@gmail.com
rbackhus@usc.edu

LinkedIn

.ryanbackhus

Latest Projects

Concord

Skate Simulator

"Alright! I’m gonna 'Atari 720' this shit. Just watch!"

Now

Chamber

"They’ll torture you... and they’ll do it in ways that are a hell of a lot more creative than anything you could have came up with. It’s a job for you, but it’s pleasure for them."

Immediately

GraNola

"You're my friend and I love you. You are my favorite person in the whole world and no stupid thing is going to change that. Except now it did..."

SKATE SIMULATOR is a short film that follows Bennie Barnes, a lovesick video game nerd working the nacho stand at a Long Beach skate park, who becomes hopelessly smitten with Katherine Monette — a fearless, too-cool skater with a Cuban-flag board and a mysterious past. When the park's self-proclaimed "king," the insufferable Wicket Jackson, threatens to keep them apart, Bennie hatches a plan to win Katherine over the only way he knows how: by learning to skate. What unfolds is a charming, comedic underdog story about two people who are a lot more alike than they'd ever admit.

20% of the population is born with a mysterious “super-gene.” Spade Saint-Marcos, a suave but deadly hitman with the terrifying ability to kill anyone by speaking their true name, and his reckless younger sister Jacquelin, navigate a city drowning in crime, prejudice, and supernatural corruption. When a new drug linked to Savior Pharmaceuticals begins flooding the streets, Spade and Jacquelin are drawn into a spiraling war between preachers, gangsters, and corporations. As faith, blood, and power intertwine, the siblings are forced to question where loyalty ends and survival begins.

GraNola is a bruising, offbeat coming-of-age drama about two best friends who sleep together once and completely ruin their lives over it. One impulsive night sets off a slow-motion implosion of their friendship and their reputations. As rumors spread, shame calcifies, and old loyalties turn to silence, the two are forced to confront not just what they did, but what it meant. Equal parts grief, garage oil, and sexual confusion, GraNola is about the deep ache of growing up before you’re ready and losing the person who knew you best just as you’re learning who you are.

About Me

Learn more about me, my work, and my passion...