interabang productions

17 Years of
as a theatre/filmmaker

 

Quick Look
Ryan's Bio
Skills
Interests
Quick Look
Ryan Dewar is a multiskilled director with an expansive skillset.

With Interabang Productions, Ryan has brought his film, theatre and media experience together to produce and direct for stage and screen. Ryan also offers new-writing dramaturgical support through to mounting stage and screen productions.

Ryan's Bio
Ryan is a multiskilled director in the creative industries with 16 years of experience.

Originally from Forfar, Scotland (born in the same hospital as AC/DC’s Bon Scott- Though 42 years later and without the rock vocals). Ryan is a multi-skilled director in theatre and film/TV production with additional experience in editing, graphics and cinematography.

Starting his career 21 years ago editing for Angus Council and Young Scot before starting his first company and immediately began creating work for Red Bull, STV, BBC and years later continued his successes having directed 9 feature films including on international TV and recently directing  “Murder in the Highland Manor”(2025), “Sun, Rose & Romance”(2023), “Christmas in Serbia”(2024), From Paradise with Love (2022), Christmas at the Castle (2019) and Deadly Doula (2021) on US Lifetime channel and US TV with an upcoming romance in fall 2025.

In theatre and national tours Ryan has work on 90+ productions in various capacities including director, associate and AV designer. Most notably on The Steamie at the SSE Hydro, Arena show as camera director; A/D and AV designer and recently sell-out 4 star sweep “Keepin’ The Heid” at Oran Mor.

Ryan was also a frequent collaborator and director with Grant Stott and the late Andy Gray in their Edinburgh festival shows concluding with producing in Andy’s memory, the play “Chemo Savvy” in 2024. In other recent theatre directing multiple plays with A Play, A Pie and a Pint along with successfully directing a remount of Morag Fullarton’s lauded A Bottle of Wine and Patsy Cline. With sister company Interabang also directing and developing new plays “Toast” by Benjamin Storey and “Being Liza” by Rachel Flynn.

Ryan has directed dozens of shorts and domestic commercial and theatre promotions along with two additional independent feature films and an animation which garnered international awards for best director and best film and nominated in various teams and productions across Scotland.

Ryan is also passionate about furthering others careers through tutoring and teaching capacities for young directors and actors for screen and stage practices.

Other credits include media work for official Wicked, Paw Patrol & Kinky Boots UK tours, The Steamie 30th Anniversary tour & John Byrneʼs Cuttinʼ a Rug.

Skills
Skills include:
SKILLSET SOFTWARE SKILLS
  • Directing
  • Camera Operation
  • Editing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Writing
  • Producing
  • Most video/sound editors
  • Still & Motion Graphics
  • Photography
  • Sound & lighting
  • Camera Operation
  • Teaching/tutoring
  • Full clean UK drivers license
  • FinalCut 7/X
  • Premiere
  • After Effects
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Logic Pro
  • QLab
  • WordPress
  • Keynote
  • FinalDraft

 

 

 

Interests
Ryan is a huge fan of...

Adventure and fantasy genre.  Exciting theatre. Musicals.