A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Redding, California, USA
Born:
December 1, 1979
Ryan Seamy was born Ryan Donald Porter on December 1st, 1979 in Redding, California, to parents Cynthia Ann Childers and Niles McTucker. An avid supporter of indie films, Ryan began acting at the age of 10 when he landed his first role as the lead in a grade school production of "The Music Man". At age 11, Ryan did volunteer work as a camera man, character generator operator and writer for a live talk show called "Requiem Incorporated" on Redding public access television; making several random on-screen appearances. It was at that young age where Ryan fell in love with being on set. Ryan further studied acting through high school drama classes, developing an organic improvisational style that would ultimately shape his comedic on-stage persona. In his early 20's, Ryan worked as a projectionist for a movie theater in Berkeley, California; where he spent his nights in the booth watching countless films for a living. Along with his vocal and singing ability, Ryan is also a fluent bass and guitar player. He's toured the country in several indie rock bands, playing many notable venues in the US. He's a founding member of the group 'Amateurs' with fellow musician and long time friend Keith Waggoner. They've played hundreds of live shows and recorded two studio albums together. After performing in several stage musicals, Ryan went on to study motion picture and video at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Upon completing his academic studies, Ryan moved to Los Angeles at age 24 where he began finding work on professional film sets as an assistant director, production manager, camera man, and lighting operator for several major studios; learning virtually every aspect of the film industry before ever stepping in front of the lens. Ryan has worked and appeared in every category of production including feature films, television, commercials, web series, music videos, stage and print as a professional Actor. Still looking for that breakout role, Ryan is extremely dedicated to his craft and pursues it with a relentless work ethic that reflects his true passion for the art of Cinema.
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.