Ryan McDuffie

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Ryan McDuffie

Born July 13, 1986 · Greenbrae, California, USA (age 40)

Ryan discovered his passion for films during childhood, spending weekends engrossed in favorites like “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” and “Gremlins.” He has written and directed ten short films, including “The Chebo,” which has garnered over two million views on Crypt TV’s YouTube channel, and “Smile,” which screened at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. With more than two hundred episodes of his ho…

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Forest FallsForest Falls · 2011
Forest Falls
2011
MovieHorror
Four college-grads rent out a cabin in Forest Falls for a final week of fun, unaware that someone else has slightly different plans for them.
Last YearLast Year · 2012
Last Year
2012
Movie
Across three New Year’s parties, a wary couple’s relationship is traced backward through time.
Stealing TimeStealing Time · 2015
Stealing Time
★ 6.62015
MovieScience FictionComedy
When a down-on-his-luck inventor builds a time machine to change the past, he unwittingly sets off a disastrous chain of events.
The CheboThe Chebo · 2018
The Chebo
2018
MovieHorrorComedy
After learning his girlfriend has a helper-pet that's been doing the chores, Bill suspects this "chebo" is up to something more devious than just a little housekeeping.
SmileSmile · 2021
Smile
2021
Movie
One part clarinet, all parts WTF.
have you seen me?
NEW
have you seen me? · 2026
have you seen me?
2026
MovieHorror
After his beloved cat disappears amidst a global pandemic, a lonely man turns to his neighbor for help. As isolation takes hold, their search becomes a surreal descent into loneliness, longing, and dimensional dissolution.
ImperfectImperfect · 2012
Imperfect
2012
Movie
When a fashion model is found murdered on his set, photographer Brendan Holloway begins to suspect that his new muse isn't to be trusted in this black and white film noir.
The Trouble With MenThe Trouble With Men
The Trouble With Men
MovieDocumentaryDrama
Three white male filmmakers meet for a long weekend to make a final attempt to salvage their ambitious, semi-fictional film about “reality.” However, holed up together in an empty room, their creative disagreements only escalate, and the dialogue becomes increasingly defensive and toxic. As the Hollywood film they imagined collapses, the three begin to wrestle each other—desperately, shamelessly—for control over the narrative about what poisoned their collaboration.

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