Ryan Andrew Balas

Directing

Ryan Andrew Balas

Born 1985-09-04

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.

Acting credits

Stage Brother poster
2.0

A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.

Stage Brother

2012

Ice Saints poster
2.7

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.

Ice Saints

2013

How to Make Love poster
NR

Henry's European adventure takes an unexpected twist when he rents a room from Nora, a recently divorced playwright in Copenhagen. Nora and her mischievous pregnant friend Mimi plot a mysterious seduction.

How to Make Love

2024

Swim Little Fish Swim poster
4.6

Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, "Swim Little Fish Swim" is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood.

Swim Little Fish Swim

2014

...And Here No Devil Can Hurt You poster
2.9

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

2011

In a Good Way poster
2.0

Margot and David rekindle after their once-loving marriage that fell apart, leaving them forced to live separate lives for years.

In a Good Way

2023

My Little Friend poster
4.7

Two friends reunite in after ten years and one has a secret waiting to come out.

My Little Friend

2011

Our House for the Weekend poster
3.7

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

2017

The Kings of Yorktown poster
NR

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

2013

Elenore Makes Love poster
4.9

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

2014

The Sad and Lonely Glow poster
NR

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

2015

Everyone Says I Look Just Like Her poster
4.5

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

2010

Ex Ex Ex poster
1.0

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

2021

Blood Dreams poster
NR

This visually-interesting anthology of four short films, presented by the notorious artist KYM, is not intended for the faint of heart.

Blood Dreams

2018

Behind the camera

Stage Brother poster
2.0

A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.

Stage Brother

2012

Stage Brother poster
2.0

A family takes a journey into the world of adult entertainment.

Stage Brother

2012

Twenties poster
NR

After a breakup, a young woman returns to Denver to explore love, sex, and couch surfing just long enough to know she's got more exploring to do.

Twenties

2024

Good Monsters poster
NR

A biracial, Indianapolis-based artist struggles to understand how his life and work have been affected by his estranged, imprisoned father.

Good Monsters

2017

Ice Saints poster
2.7

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.

Ice Saints

2013

Ice Saints poster
2.7

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.

Ice Saints

2013

Ice Saints poster
2.7

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.

Ice Saints

2013

Midwinter poster
7.0

A couple deals with chronic illness by opening their marriage. A music writer takes an assignment profiling one of her favorite artists. The mundane poetry of life ensues.

Midwinter

2024

Midwinter poster
7.0

A couple deals with chronic illness by opening their marriage. A music writer takes an assignment profiling one of her favorite artists. The mundane poetry of life ensues.

Midwinter

2024

Donor poster
NR

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

2021

Love Me Anyway poster
4.3

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

2014

Love Me Anyway poster
4.3

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

2014

How to Make Love poster
NR

Henry's European adventure takes an unexpected twist when he rents a room from Nora, a recently divorced playwright in Copenhagen. Nora and her mischievous pregnant friend Mimi plot a mysterious seduction.

How to Make Love

2024

How to Make Love poster
NR

Henry's European adventure takes an unexpected twist when he rents a room from Nora, a recently divorced playwright in Copenhagen. Nora and her mischievous pregnant friend Mimi plot a mysterious seduction.

How to Make Love

2024

The Instrument in Six Movements poster
NR

Musician, William Raynovich and Sculptor, Rebecca Reineke, invented a 10-foot tall percussion instrument at Art Farm in Nebraska. This film is a portrait of that instrument and the experimental compositions they perform with it.

The Instrument in Six Movements

...And Here No Devil Can Hurt You poster
2.9

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

2011

Fire, Water & Grain: The Story of Empire Rye poster
NR

See how one man's journey into New York's history started a movement. Meet a group of craft distillers, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians, and policymakers as they band together to celebrate the past, present, and future of Rye Whiskey and what it means to the people of the state that made it famous.

Fire, Water & Grain: The Story of Empire Rye

2023

Love Is a Map poster
1.0

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.

Love Is a Map

2022

Love Is a Map poster
1.0

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.

Love Is a Map

2022

In a Good Way poster
2.0

Margot and David rekindle after their once-loving marriage that fell apart, leaving them forced to live separate lives for years.

In a Good Way

2023

Louise and Her Lover poster
3.2

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.

Louise and Her Lover

2011

Louise and Her Lover poster
3.2

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.

Louise and Her Lover

2011

A House in Fragments poster
NR

When a fantasy threesome spirals out of control, a couple is faced with an erotic nightmare. They boldly face their raw romance over and over in a dream-like purgatory.

A House in Fragments

My Little Friend poster
4.7

Two friends reunite in after ten years and one has a secret waiting to come out.

My Little Friend

2011