Mike S. Ryan has produced 30 plus independent features including award winning features for such directors as Todd Solondz, Kelly Richard, Hal Hartley and Bela Tarr. 

Junebug is one of the lowest budgeted films to receive a Oscar nomination (Amy Adams' first). His films have played all of the top international festivals including winning awards at the Spirits and Gotham's. Mike’s most recent film is The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, which started in competition at Rotterdam 2024 and went on to play TIFF and NYFF and theaters in the US in 2025. It won Best Experimental Film in 2024 by the National Society of Film Critics.

Mike is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and he is an Associate Professor at Emerson College where he teaches Producing and Narratology. He is both a US and Irish Citizen.