Ryan White (filmmaker)

Ryan White is an American documentary producer and director best known for his work on Netflix, including the series The Keepers[1] and the HBO movie The Case Against 8.[2]

Ryan was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award and won a director award at the Sundance Film Festival for his work on The Case Against 8.

In 2016, Ryan directed the EPIX documentary Serena which followed tennis star Serena Williams during her 2015 tennis tour.[3]

Ryan also directed Good Ol’ Freda (Magnolia Pictures), which tells the story of the Beatles’ longtime secretary Freda Kelly, and Pelada (PBS, Cinetic), a journey around the world through the lens of pick-up soccer.[4] Ryan White graduated from Duke with a certificate from the Center for Documentary Studies.[5]

In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride parade, Queerty named him among the fifty heroes “leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people”.[6][7]

References
  1. Logan, Elizabeth. "This New True Crime Series on Netflix Will Be Your Next Obsession". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. "HBO: The Case Against 8: Interview with Ben Cotner and Ryan White". HBO. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. "Q&A with Ryan White, director of Epix Serena Williams documentary 'Serena'". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. "Ryan White's IMDb". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  5. "Duke/CDS Alum Ryan White and Ben Cotner Awarded 2014 United States Artists Fellowship". Duke Center for Documentary Studies. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  6. "Queerty Pride50 2020 Honorees". Queerty. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  7. Reddish, David (2020-06-15). "Meet the entertainment creators fighting the good fight this year". Queerty. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
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