Ryan Betschart

Biography

Ryan is co-director and head curator of San Diego Underground Film Festival (MovieMaker Magazine Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee), has programmed for Slamdance Film Festival, has taught Adjunct at CalArts, and is currently a Lecturer at UC San Diego in the Cinematic Arts Program.

His films have screened at Fantasia, Slamdance, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Porto Post/Doc, Hammer Museum, REDCAT, Desert Daze, and have won awards at Slamdance, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Indie Memphis, Arizona Underground.

His band Shrine Maiden's album And I Arise was named one the Top 10 Experimental Albums of 2020 by Outtallectuals zine. Their 4th album is due out October 31st 2025 on Whited Sepulchre Records.

Ryan holds an MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and a BA in Visual Art from UC San Diego.

Known for

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A Theory of /Cloud/

2025

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Operation Wandering Soul ////////// Ghost Tape Number 10

2025

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Ua 'ike au

2025

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kino lau: many bodies

2024

Career timeline

2025

A Theory of /Cloud/

2025

Operation Wandering Soul ////////// Ghost Tape Number 10

2025

Ua 'ike au

2025

2024

kino lau: many bodies

2024

2023

body / negative - everett (feat. Midwife)

2023

2022

An Example of Lee-Roth Fog, Isolated Under Laboratory Conditions

2022

2021

The Flaw in the Crystal

2021

Sun Sonification

2021

2020

The Second Body

2020

2019

A Peculiar Week in My Dream Journal May 1973

2019

A Collection of Attempts in Astral Travel

2019

2018

There Must Be a Safe Space to Load the Building Materials

2018

Zablah

2018

Towards the Experimental Control of Dreaming

2018

2017

The Sacred Mushroom Edition (For Kenneth Anger, by way of Kuchar)

2017

Girl Becomes Snow

2017

2016

Paper Chase

2016

2015

Cup of Stars

2015

Pudding

2015

Full filmography

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A Theory of /Cloud/

2025

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Operation Wandering Soul ////////// Ghost Tape Number 10

2025

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Ua 'ike au

2025

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kino lau: many bodies

2024

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body / negative - everett (feat. Midwife)

2023

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An Example of Lee-Roth Fog, Isolated Under Laboratory Conditions

2022

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The Flaw in the Crystal

2021

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Sun Sonification

2021

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The Second Body

2020

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A Peculiar Week in My Dream Journal May 1973

2019

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A Collection of Attempts in Astral Travel

2019

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There Must Be a Safe Space to Load the Building Materials

2018

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Zablah

2018

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Towards the Experimental Control of Dreaming

2018

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The Mandela Effect

2018

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The Sacred Mushroom Edition (For Kenneth Anger, by way of Kuchar)

2017

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Girl Becomes Snow

2017

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Paper Chase

2016

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Cup of Stars

2015

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Pudding

2015