Maureen Ryan Producer and Professor at Columbia University, MFA Film Program

Maureen A. Ryan is a producer based in New York concentrating on narrative and documentary feature films. She is the co-producer of James Marsh’s Man on a Wire, a documentary that won the Academy Award® for Best Documentary and the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. Her other co-producer credits include Dick Johnson Is Dead, Becoming and Project Nim. Her producer credits include Wisconsin Death Trip, Stanistan, The Gates and Bomber. Ryan is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and is a Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s MFA Film program and her books include “Producer to Producer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Low Budget, Independent Film Producing” and “Film+Video Budgets”. She received her MFA degree in Film from Columbia University’s School of the Arts.