Ryan Hartsell is an EMMY® Award Winning artist and 2024 SXSW Panelist that’s been pioneering immersive content on and off set for Flight School Studio contributing to countless award winning productions all over the world including directing Oculus’ Creator’s Lab, “The Evolution of Testicles,” a 2018 SXSW Virtual Cinema selection, and Raindance’s Best Social Impact Award Winner. His latest directorial project, “WEIRD TIMES,” an episodic VR series dealing with teenage mental health issues, just debuted at this year’s SXSW film festival. Other recent film and art works he’s been involved with include The Book of Life, The Other Side of Paradise, Slacker 2011, Everybody Wants Some in addition to working with the art collective at Monolithic Pictures on various graphic novel, music video and studio album projects.
