trailers for my Films:

LISTEN CAREFULLY

HAWK & REV: VAMPIRE SLAYERS

repatriation

elijah’s ashes

the truth

bio:

Ryan Barton-Grimley or "RBG" as his colleagues refer to him, is an award-winning director, writer, producer and actor who is originally from Harare, Zimbabwe. A graduate of UCLA, RBG began his career as an actor, with starring roles in indie feature films TROPIX, NOW & NEVER and THE PRICE OF LOVE and too many commercials and grad films to mention, as well as, supporting roles on TV shows like CRIMINAL MINDS. Frustrated with a lack of creative control, RBG dove into writing and directing the internationally acclaimed home invasion thriller... THE TRUTH, starring John Heard, Brendan Sexton III, Erin Cardillo and Daniel Baldwin, distributed worldwide by Warner Brothers, Netflix and Showtime. Fresh off that success, RBG starred in and produced Doug Mueller's debut feature film drama about stolen valor... REPATRIATION, as well as, wrote, directed and starred in the festival darling... ELIJAH'S ASHES... a dark comedy about brotherly love and homophobia that was written up in The Advocate. A life-long fan of horror, RBG next took on the task of writing, directing, producing and starring in his fourth feature film, the 80's inspired horror-comedy HAWK & REV: VAMPIRE SLAYERS. World Premiering in 2020 at DANCES WITH FILMS, Hawk & Rev played 30+ horror and traditional film festivals worldwide, won a ton of awards and was distributed worldwide by Freestyle Releasing in 2021, with write-ups in Bloody Disgusting, Rue Morgue and a Rotten Tomato score of 83%… Covid 19 be damned! RBG’s latest feature film, LISTEN CAREFULLY... a psychological horror feature film he wrote, directed and stars in as Andy, a new father who’s baby daughter Abby is stolen from him. LISTEN CAREFULLY had its “World Premiere” at FANTASPOA in Brazil, and has played to sold-out crowds at MACABRO in Mexico City, DANCES WITH FILMS in Los Angeles, FANGOFEST AMPOSTA in Spain, HOLLYWOOD HORRORFEST, SCAREFEST and SHERMAN OAKS FILM FESTIVAL and lively Q&A’s. LISTEN CAREFULLY screens on VOD worldwide starting December 16th, 2024. For more info: www.listencarefullyfilm.com