RYAN
POWELL


editor + colorist + photographer + designer

73 QUESTIONS WITH LIZZO


Viral Content - 1.5M views

The latest in the series, and my 45th episode of 73 Questions, I present to you: Queen Lizzo. Enough said.

Client: Vogue
Production Company: Condé Nast Entertainment
Director: Jackson Adams
Interviewer: Joe Sabia
Producers: Jenna Allchin, Rom Bokobza
DP: Jess Dunlap
Entertainment Director: Sergio Kletnoy
PM: Emily Yates
Editor: Ryan Powell
Assistant Editor: Andrew Morell
Color Grade: Ryan Powell
Post Sound: Nick Cipriano at BANG Audio Post
Post Production Manager: Marco Glinbizzi
Year: 2020

PHASEONE - SUGAR


Music Video

🏆 Official Selection - 2012 Vimeo Festival
🏆 Nominated for Best Experimental Film - 2012 Vimeo Awards
🏆 Official Selection - 2012 Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven
🏆 #2 Best Video of 2011 - XLR8R Magazine  

Sugar tells a story of two ex lovers failing to reconnect via text message as one is moving away for good. Sugar depicts a bleak and hyperactive reality delivered as a narrative/visual interpretation of a track titled Sugar by New York City based electronic music producer Phaseone. The tune itself is a spacey slow-jam, which Phaseone describes as "an homage to the '90s Chicago rap sound of Twista and Do or Die that my friends and I grew up listening to."

Directors: Vadim Gershman + Ryan Powell
Producers: Vadim Gershman + Ryan Powell
Writers: Vadim Gershman + Lea Sorrentino
Camera: Ryan Powell
Editor: Ryan Powell
Music: Phaseone
Track: Sugar
Year: 2011


"I can’t help but feel that this media mashup deserves a name of its own."
- ShortOfTheWeek.com

"True artists who are still out there fighting the good fight for quality film production."
- XLR8R Magazine

"Hits the nail on the head of modern-day communication, which sounds like a pretty major claim. And it is."
- Sundance Channel

"Wonderful! It's both formally inventive and culturally informative."
- Peter Rose, artist

COLLECTED: KEANU REEVES


Viral Content/Documentary - 29M views

🥈 2020 Telly Awards - Silver Winner for Online General - Talk Show/Interview

One of my favorite videos that I’ve worked on with GQ, we took a deep-dive into Keanu Reeve’s obsession with motorcycles, his history of riding, and took an upclose look at his bespoke company Arch Motorcycles. It was a blast to develop the visual style of this series, mixing up a variety of archival images, movie clips, and production stills to reinforce why Keanu is a cut above the rest.

Client: GQ
Production Company: Condé Nast Entertainment
Director: Joseph Pickard
Producer: Marina Cukeric
PM: John Young
Director of Photography: Olivia Kuan
Editor: Ryan Powell
Still Photography: Josh Telles
Year: 2019




73 QUESTIONS WITH KIM KARDASHIAN WEST


Viral Content - 51M views

🥈 2020 Telly Awards - Silver Winner for Online General - Talk Show/Interview
     2020 Webby Awards - Honoree

Safe to say this one broke the internet. One of the first videos of Kim, Kanye, and the entire West family in their incredible Calabasas home. I’m proud to have helped bring home another award to Condé Nast Entertainment.

Client: Vogue
Production Company: Condé Nast Entertainment
Director: Joe Sabia
Producer: Marina Cukeric
DP: Jess Dunlap
PM: Josh Young
Editor: Ryan Powell
Colorist: Ryan Powell
Post Sound: Bang World
Styling: Taylor Angino
Year: 2019

TRUST IMAGE - COERCION


Music Video

I wanted to test out a few different tools I was building in After Effects and ended up making an earlier (less polished) version of this as an experiment. A majority of the elements are controlled by custom expressions, allowing the animation to generate automatically based on a single control layer. The isometric pilars are programmed to react to the the music using Sound Keys. In all, I created 4 different videos for the EP - one for each song.

Pick up the track here.

Song: Coercion
Artist: Trust Image
Album: Body Scan EP
Year: 2020