Biography
Aaron Ryder is an American film producer. Early in his career, he was an executive producer of Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000) and Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (2001), and also produced Nolan's The Prestige (2006). Ryder was one of the founding members of FilmNation Entertainment. During his time at FilmNation, he produced Mud (2012), House at the End of the Street (2012), The Founder (2016), Pieces of a Woman (2020), and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021). In 2016, Ryder produced Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and David Linde. In early 2021, Ryder formed Ryder Picture Company, a film and television production company with a first-look-deal with MGM. Ryder's first production under the Ryder Picture Company banner, Bruiser (2022), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022, and the second feature, Dumb Money, is currently in production.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2017 · nominated
Filmography36 titles
The Prestige
Memento
Donnie Darko
Arrival
Greyhound
Miss Sloane
Red Dog
Life Itself
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
The Founder
Mud
Pieces of a Woman
To Catch a Killer
Dumb Money
My One and Only
Office Romance
Reminiscence
All of You
Ideal Home
The Sense of an Ending
Wrong Turn
Bruiser
The Raven
The Good House
The Lodge
Transcendence
The TV Set
The Return
The Mexican
Hamlet 2
House at the End of the Street
The Amateurs
Premature
Wish You Were Dead
I Love Boosters
Kill Switch