Biography

Producing/Directing credits include the new documentary My Beautiful Stutter (2021), from executive producers Paul Rudd and Mariska Hargitay, The Graduates (2010), in the top ten comedies all time on Hulu. Director, Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2013 feature film, Audience Award for best Best Narrative, LGBT NewFest).

Producing credits include the documentary Bombardier Blood (2020), from executive producer Alex Borstein, Deliver Us (2024), and Poster Child (2024). Executive Producer of sometimes, i think about dying (Sundance 2019, Academy Award-shortlisted 2020), Director,

Ryan is a two-time WEBBY winner for his interactive 2010 web series Deleted: The Game, and is a contributor to NoFilmSchool.com, Sundance Film Festival Artist Service's Blog, and Tribeca Film Fest Blog. Ryan and his brother Matthew were co-founders of DVD's to the Troops, which as of its closing in 2021, collected and shipped an estimated 225,000 used and new DVD's to American military personnel in war zones around the world.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ryan Gielen

Ryan and his brother (producer Matthew Gielen) started the nonprofit DVDs to The Troops, an organization dedicated to sending used DVDs to American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.