Ryan Andrew Balas

Birth : 1985-09-04,

History

Ryan Andrew Balas is an American film actor, writer, director, producer and founder of the New York City based production company "Robel Films". He studied acting at the American Musical and Drama Academy in New York City and Los Angeles, USA.

Movies

Love Is a Map
Director
Annie and Mary were in love in college but ultimately went separate ways. They spend a weekend rekindling when Mary asks Annie to help spread her husband's ashes in the Catskill Mountains.
A Boy Like That
Director of Photography
Harold, a middle-aged Mexican theatre acting coach, travels to New York and finds himself obsessing over a precocious teenage boy named Felix, who he believes is the reincarnation of his first childhood love.
Strider
Director of Photography
Jody, a lonely teenage girl, joins forces with Hannah, a disgraced track coach, and together they spend a summer training for the Pinnacle Games, the biggest track-and-field competition on the East Coast.
Enthusiastic Sinners
Director of Photography
"Enthusiastic Sinners" is the saga of a married cop, a small town widow and their 24 hour lust story that turns into a love story.
Good Monsters
Director
A biracial, Indianapolis-based artist struggles to understand how his life and work have been affected by his estranged, imprisoned father.
Our House For the Weekend
The Husband
A married couple is forced to examine their relationship when they lose the family cat, in this comedic semi mock-doc directed by and starring a real life married couple.
Our House For the Weekend
Director
A married couple is forced to examine their relationship when they lose the family cat, in this comedic semi mock-doc directed by and starring a real life married couple.
Hymns
Director
Three women living together during a war time crisis, defy standard gender roles to try and form a nuclear family, with mixed results.
Daddy's Boy
Editor
In front of the hot lights of a porn set and behind the closed doors of a burlesque studio, four young men leave boyhood behind and end up shedding more than just their clothes and inhibitions.
Daddy's Boy
Director of Photography
In front of the hot lights of a porn set and behind the closed doors of a burlesque studio, four young men leave boyhood behind and end up shedding more than just their clothes and inhibitions.
The Sad and Lonely Glow
Video Dancer
A lonely video editor decides to try online dating while his girlfriend is away. He meets a neurotic newbie to the online romance scene who soon sends his life into a crazy tailspin of bad decisions.
The Sad and Lonely Glow
Writer
A lonely video editor decides to try online dating while his girlfriend is away. He meets a neurotic newbie to the online romance scene who soon sends his life into a crazy tailspin of bad decisions.
The Sad and Lonely Glow
Director
A lonely video editor decides to try online dating while his girlfriend is away. He meets a neurotic newbie to the online romance scene who soon sends his life into a crazy tailspin of bad decisions.
What It Was
Editor
An old flame is reignited and a new desire is awaken when Hollywood Actress Adina J. Spencer returns back to New York. Soon she is forced to face her sexual past, confront her present identity, and admit her true love.
What It Was
Director of Photography
An old flame is reignited and a new desire is awaken when Hollywood Actress Adina J. Spencer returns back to New York. Soon she is forced to face her sexual past, confront her present identity, and admit her true love.
NSFW: Not Safe for Work
Writer
Oft-nude blog star Elenore is winding her way through the power dynamics of a relationship with a powerful business woman when she meets Eugene, a married office drone. The two begin a peculiar pseudo-sexual relationship wrought with role playing and cloaked in a form of semi-anonymity that can only come from digitally-born casual relationships.
NSFW: Not Safe for Work
Director
Oft-nude blog star Elenore is winding her way through the power dynamics of a relationship with a powerful business woman when she meets Eugene, a married office drone. The two begin a peculiar pseudo-sexual relationship wrought with role playing and cloaked in a form of semi-anonymity that can only come from digitally-born casual relationships.
Swim Little Fish Swim
Naked Artist Hanging Upside Down
Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, "Swim Little Fish Swim" is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood.
Love Me Anyway
Editor
Love Me Anyway is a sun soaked drama about a filmmaker falling for a dreamy surfer, a man trying to save his marriage and a young wife exploring the greener grass of an extramarital affair with another woman.
Love Me Anyway
Director of Photography
Love Me Anyway is a sun soaked drama about a filmmaker falling for a dreamy surfer, a man trying to save his marriage and a young wife exploring the greener grass of an extramarital affair with another woman.
Love Me Anyway
Writer
Love Me Anyway is a sun soaked drama about a filmmaker falling for a dreamy surfer, a man trying to save his marriage and a young wife exploring the greener grass of an extramarital affair with another woman.
Love Me Anyway
Director
Love Me Anyway is a sun soaked drama about a filmmaker falling for a dreamy surfer, a man trying to save his marriage and a young wife exploring the greener grass of an extramarital affair with another woman.
Elenore Makes Love
Director of Photography
A lesbian photographer meets a sexy model in an upscale hotel suite. The two women may have a past that is more present than we think.
Elenore Makes Love
The Brother
A lesbian photographer meets a sexy model in an upscale hotel suite. The two women may have a past that is more present than we think.
Elenore Makes Love
Sound Editor
A lesbian photographer meets a sexy model in an upscale hotel suite. The two women may have a past that is more present than we think.
Elenore Makes Love
Editor
A lesbian photographer meets a sexy model in an upscale hotel suite. The two women may have a past that is more present than we think.
Elenore Makes Love
Director
A lesbian photographer meets a sexy model in an upscale hotel suite. The two women may have a past that is more present than we think.
Elenore Makes Love
Screenplay
A lesbian photographer meets a sexy model in an upscale hotel suite. The two women may have a past that is more present than we think.
The Kings of Yorktown
Producer
Ed and Richard are brothers. They're also con artists. Not incredibly successful ones, but they get by. Ed's the leader. Richard's a bit slow. Their old pal Henry, who used to work with them, gave up the con life to work as a security guard at a bank in rural Yorktown. Ed convinces Henry to get back in the game and help them pull their biggest con yet. Of course, they'll have to wade their way through Yorktown's quirky cast of characters to get what they want, which, as is often the case, seems to be ever-changing.
The Kings of Yorktown
Ed and Richard are brothers. They're also con artists. Not incredibly successful ones, but they get by. Ed's the leader. Richard's a bit slow. Their old pal Henry, who used to work with them, gave up the con life to work as a security guard at a bank in rural Yorktown. Ed convinces Henry to get back in the game and help them pull their biggest con yet. Of course, they'll have to wade their way through Yorktown's quirky cast of characters to get what they want, which, as is often the case, seems to be ever-changing.
Ice Saints
Director
Real life married couple build a narrative surrounding the year they were married, asking "Does your relationship need to change for marriage and can marriage change for your relationship?" Features candid conversation on love, sex and wedding planning.
Stage Brother
Writer
A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.
Stage Brother
Editor
A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.
Stage Brother
Self
A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.
Stage Brother
Director of Photography
A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.
Stage Brother
Producer
A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.
Boys Like You
Story
A young man struggles with the boundaries of friendship when he finds himself in an intimate situation
Boys Like You
Editor
A young man struggles with the boundaries of friendship when he finds himself in an intimate situation
My Little Friend
Writer
Two friends reunite in after ten years and one has a secret waiting to come out.
My Little Friend
Charlie
Two friends reunite in after ten years and one has a secret waiting to come out.
And Here No Devil Can Hurt You
An adulterous couple are having an affair in a bombed out brownstone apartment, when they realize they might not be alone. A modern love story with classic horror vibe.
And Here No Devil Can Hurt You
Director
An adulterous couple are having an affair in a bombed out brownstone apartment, when they realize they might not be alone. A modern love story with classic horror vibe.
Louise and her Lover
Director
A lesbian wanna-be model falls dangerously in love with an up and coming painter. The relationship goes too far too fast and the lines between art and sex get blurred.
Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
Rowan
Two sisters, one white and one black, spend a week together at their famous father's summer home. A microscopic examination of the new American family unit, it's a deeply personal film about the human connections that bond us all together.
Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
Writer
Two sisters, one white and one black, spend a week together at their famous father's summer home. A microscopic examination of the new American family unit, it's a deeply personal film about the human connections that bond us all together.
Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her
Director
Two sisters, one white and one black, spend a week together at their famous father's summer home. A microscopic examination of the new American family unit, it's a deeply personal film about the human connections that bond us all together.
Carter
Director of Photography
Jebediah Sminch made a vow that if he wasn't married by the time he turned 23, he would kill himself when he was 25. He met Carter past the deadline and his 25th birthday is at the end of the week.
Carter
Executive Producer
Jebediah Sminch made a vow that if he wasn't married by the time he turned 23, he would kill himself when he was 25. He met Carter past the deadline and his 25th birthday is at the end of the week.
Carter
Writer
Jebediah Sminch made a vow that if he wasn't married by the time he turned 23, he would kill himself when he was 25. He met Carter past the deadline and his 25th birthday is at the end of the week.
Carter
Director
Jebediah Sminch made a vow that if he wasn't married by the time he turned 23, he would kill himself when he was 25. He met Carter past the deadline and his 25th birthday is at the end of the week.
Ex Ex Ex
Director
A raw look at the beginning of a love affair and the end of a marriage, through intimate vignettes. How do you get the love you need, without losing the love you have?
Ex Ex Ex
A raw look at the beginning of a love affair and the end of a marriage, through intimate vignettes. How do you get the love you need, without losing the love you have?
Donor
Director of Photography
A sick man living on the fringes of society decides to go to New York City for a controversial surgical procedure. In his wake, he leaves a terrifying social media trail, proving no one is more dangerous than the average donor.
Donor
Director
A sick man living on the fringes of society decides to go to New York City for a controversial surgical procedure. In his wake, he leaves a terrifying social media trail, proving no one is more dangerous than the average donor.