Ryan Ward (born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film as a director, Son of the Sunshine, for which Ward and Matthew Heiti were shortlisted Genie Award nominees for Best Original Screenplay at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012."Cafe de Flore, A Dangerous Method, lead Genies race". Toronto Star, January 18, 2012.
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba,"Filmmaker finds his place in the sunshine; Ryan Ward's psycho-drama centres on man with Tourette's - and power to heal". Montreal Gazette, September 5, 2009. he now splits his time between Winnipeg and Los Angeles. As an actor, he had primarily supporting roles in films, including Nostradamus, We Ate the Children Last and Sidekick, prior to Son of the Sunshine, as well as a long-running stage role in the original Off-Broadway and Toronto productions of Evil Dead The Musical for which he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award."In search of spooky thrills". The Globe and Mail, October 31, 2013.
He has also directed the short films In the Beginning was Water and Sky (PBS, National Film Board of Canada), Amerika, Time Traveling Through Time, and Our Secret.
In 2023, Ward released Daughter of the Sun, a sequel to Son of the Sunshine.Kelly Townsend, "Fantasia sets two Canadian world bows among first wave titles". Playback, May 11, 2023.
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