HD EXPO Education Instructors

Ryan Sheridan

In 1995, Ryan started his career by forming a small video production firm called Imagination’s Edge that produced cooperate/industrial films for such companies as Alta Dena Dairies, Dean Foods of California, Bongran France and Charter Cable. From there Ryan went on to attend the California State Summer School for the Arts where he received the California Governors Metal for Artistic Achievement and also became a graduate of the New York Film Academy. During his collage years, Ryan worked as an operator and 1st AC on independent shorts and features and from Aug. 2000 to Aug 2002, worked for Birns & Sawyer as a Digital Cinematography Technician. There, he developed and built the companies HD equipment and service infrastructure. Ryan also taught the B&S one day Panasonic Varicam & Sony Cine Alta HD camera workshops.

Ryan’s film and HD Director of Photography Credits include music videos for such bands as Voo Doo Glow Skulls & Poison the Well (Both airing on MTV2), short films including Ti Amo, Dust to Dust and All Souls Midnight and multiple documentaries and commercials. Ryan was the 2001 “Brew it Yourself” Project Green Light winner with director friend Marco Guerra and most recently served Andrew Dunn, BSC as Digital Imaging Technician on Robert Altman’s, “The Company” shot with Panavised Sony Cine Alta’s. Ryan will be serving as one of the primary instructors of the Panasonic Varicamp, Varicam workshops offered by HDExpo later this year.