Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba,[3] he now splits his time between Winnipeg and Los Angeles.[4] As an actor, he had primarily supporting roles in films, including Nostradamus, We Ate the Children Last and Sidekick, prior to Son of the Sunshine, as well as a long-running stage role in the original Off-Broadway and Toronto productions of Evil Dead The Musical for which he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award.[5][6][7]
He has also directed the short films In the Beginning was Water and Sky (PBS, National Film Board of Canada), Amerika, Time Traveling Through Time, and Our Secret.[8][9]
^"Cafe de Flore, A Dangerous Method, lead Genies race". Toronto Star, January 18, 2012.
^"Filmmaker finds his place in the sunshine; Ryan Ward's psycho-drama centres on man with Tourette's - and power to heal". Montreal Gazette, September 5, 2009.