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M. Ryan Traylor

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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M. Ryan Traylor was born on 30 May 1981 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. M. is an assistant director, known for Transformers (2007), Skyline (2010) and Pineapple Express (2008).
BornMay 30, 1981
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    • Known for

    Peter Cullen, Josh Duhamel, Shia LaBeouf, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, and Megan Fox in Transformers (2007)
    Transformers
    7.1
    • Production Department
    • 2007
    Eric Balfour and Donald Faison in Skyline (2010)
    Skyline
    4.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2010
    James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Danny McBride in Pineapple Express (2008)
    Pineapple Express
    6.9
    • Production Department
    • 2008
    Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    6.2
    • Production Department
    • 2008

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Jensen Ackles, Eric Dane, Jonathan Togo, Jessica Camacho, Elliot Knight, Uli Latukefu, and Violett Beane in Countdown (2025)
      Countdown
      6.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • first assistant director: additional photography
      • 2025
    • Kate Hudson in Running Point (2025)
      Running Point
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Raymond Lee in Quantum Leap (2022)
      Quantum Leap
      6.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022–2024
    • Jack McBrayer in Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show (2021)
      Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show
      6.7
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 2022
    • Dulé Hill, Saycon Sengbloh, Laura Kariuki, and Elisha Williams in The Wonder Years (2021)
      The Wonder Years
      6.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021–2022
    • Will Arnett in Murderville (2022)
      Murderville
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • American Horror Story (2011)
      American Horror Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Nocturne (2019)
      Nocturne
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2019
    • You're the Worst (2014)
      You're the Worst
      8.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017–2019
    • Art Prison
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Will Forte in A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
      A Futile and Stupid Gesture
      6.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017)
      Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Kyle Mooney in Brigsby Bear (2017)
      Brigsby Bear
      7.3
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Amanda Seales, Jay Ellis, and Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
      Insecure
      8.1
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2016
    • Anna Kendrick, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, and Adam Devine in Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
      Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
      6.0
      • second second assistant director
      • 2016

    Production Department

    • Paul Reubens, Catherine Keener, Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tracy Morgan in Accidental Love (2015)
      Accidental Love
      4.1
      • key set production assistant
      • 2015
    • Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, and Cam Gigandet in The Roommate (2011)
      The Roommate
      4.8
      • production assistant
      • 2011
    • Marmaduke (2010)
      Marmaduke
      4.4
      • set production assistant: Los Angeles
      • 2010
    • Life (2007)
      Life
      8.2
      TV Series
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2008–2009
    • Zac Efron in 17 Again (2009)
      17 Again
      6.4
      • set production assistant
      • 2009
    • James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Danny McBride in Pineapple Express (2008)
      Pineapple Express
      6.9
      • production assistant
      • 2008
    • Angelina Jolie and Gattlin Griffith in Changeling (2008)
      Changeling
      7.7
      • additional set production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
      Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
      6.2
      • production assistant: second unit
      • 2008
    • Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
      Big Love
      7.7
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2007
    • Peter Cullen, Josh Duhamel, Shia LaBeouf, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, and Megan Fox in Transformers (2007)
      Transformers
      7.1
      • additional set production assistant
      • 2007
    • Willie Nelson, Jonathan Bennett, Randy Wayne, and April Scott in The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007)
      The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
      4.4
      TV Movie
      • production assistant
      • 2007
    • Rebecca Romijn in Pepper Dennis (2006)
      Pepper Dennis
      6.9
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2006
    • Brent Spiner, Charles S. Dutton, Carla Gugino, Rob Benedict, Peter Dinklage, and Brian Van Holt in Threshold (2005)
      Threshold
      7.2
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2005–2006
    • Tony Shalhoub in Monk (2002)
      Monk
      8.1
      TV Series
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2004–2005
    • Marisa Tomei in Danika (2005)
      Danika
      5.5
      • production assistant: additional photography
      • 2005

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Driftwood
      3.4
      Short
      • dolly grip
      • 2003
    • Birth of a Rebellion
      5.7
      Short
      • generator operator
      • still photographer
      • 2003

    Personal details

    • Born
      • May 30, 1981
      • Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking. (2003)
    • Nickname
      • Traylor

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