Ryan Moody is a filmmaker from Trumbull County, Ohio. He now lives and works out of Los Angeles, California. Moody developed a love for the cinema at an early age, and pursued his passion both academically and on a professional level. In 2008, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Film Studies from The Ohio State University. He worked his way through school doing odd jobs on film sets and video shoots in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana. He made his debut as a director in 2009 with a short film titled Bad Morning. In 2012, Moody returned to his hometown of Warren, Ohio to shoot another short film titled Last Call. The film has screened in numerous film festival across the country. In 2014, Moody graduated from the UCLA Department of Film, Television & Digital Media with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing.
