Ryan Robert Cory was born in Seattle, Washington. Since 2000, Ryan studied journalism alongside film and cinematography. Ryan moved on to work as a producer, writer, director and actor in film, television, commercials and internet series within Seattle's creative communities, as well as in productions set in New York and Los Angeles. In his past roles as creative director, producer, editor, Ryan's work has been published in Forbes, Tech Crunch, Mashable and Rolling Stone (Rex Velvet - 2012). Ryan has directed several music videos for Sony Legacy as well as Warner/Universal artists, with strong roots in Seattle's music scene (Pearl Jam: Dance Of The Clairvoyants - 2020). Ryan recently starred in a feature length film "I Am DB Cooper" as the leading title character.