Ryan Powell

My name is Ryan Powell, I am an aspiring writer/director and I am taking digital film/ video production at The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles. I live in L.A., but my home is in Orange County, where my family is.

Interests and Activities
I enjoy working as a camera operator on fellow student film projects. I like to write scripts and draw out scenes that I dream. I want to make films that try to convey a sense of: "the world is a beautiful place; one worth living and dying for".

Favorite Movies
Oldboy, Pulp Fiction, Across the Universe, Alien, Lady Vengeance, Se7en,

Favorite TV Shows
Lost, Rescue Me.

Favorite Books
Lord of the Flies, The Dog Fighter, Beowulf (original), Lord of the Rings, Fight Club, 1984, Catcher in the Rye, Brave New World,

Favorite Music
Tool, Pink Floyd, A Perfect Circle, Led Zeppelin...etc.

Favorite Talent
Micheal Wincott, Morgan Freeman, Diana Meyer, Min-sik Choi...etc.

Favorite Quotes
Agent Smith: "Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more that your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?"

Neo: "Because I choose to. "