Aaron Ryder

Aaron Ryder is the Co-President of Production and Acquisitions at FilmNation Entertainment. Since joining the company in 2009, veteran producer Aaron Ryder has established himself as one of the brightest and most prolific independent producers working today.

Among the films Ryder has produced with FilmNation are: Jeff Nichol's critically acclaimed Mud, a 2012 Cannes official selection starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Michael Shannon; The Raven with John Cusack; and Mark Tonderai's House at the End of the Street starring Jennifer Lawrence. During the summer of 2015, Ryder produced The Founder, a film by John Lee Hancock starring Michael Keaton, as well as Denis Villeneuve's science-fiction epic Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. He also executive produced Miss Sloane with Jessica Chastain and The Sense of an Ending with Jim Broadbent. At FilmNation, Ryder is also working on several development titles, including The Tunnels with Tobias Lindholm writing for Paul Greengrass to direct and Train Man with Julia Roberts attached to star.

Prior films Ryder has produced include his collaboration with director Christopher Nolan, starting with Memento in 2000 and then The Prestige in 2007 as well as the sci-fi, action film Transcendence with Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman directed by Wally Pfister. In 2008 Ryder produced the Sundance hit Hamlet 2 and the critically acclaimed TV Set for director Jake Kasdan. Other credits include My One And Only with Renée Zellweger, The Mexican, starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, and Donnie Darko, with Drew Barrymore and Jake Gyllenhaal.

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