Ryan Tanner – Editor

Contact: ryan_tanner@hotmail.com

Hey. I'm Ryan Tanner, the editor--the guy that has the job that old people don't understand. Have you ever tried to explain to an old person what editing is, or what an editor does? Not that I have anything against old people. I love old people. This was just an observation. It doesn't mean
old people aren't great. So what if they don't have our keen sense of the
manipulative opportunities that Film and Television can present. They could
probably mop the floor with my arse in WWII trivia. Why don't we just call
it even?

So I edited "The White Room" for Laurie. It was fun. Great visuals to work
with. I hope you like/liked/continue to like it. I do. Anyway, I'll give a little bit about myself, I guess, since that's what I'm supposed to be doing here (from what I'm told). So, I'm from Indiana, home of........ Nothing! Nothing but corn and run down small towns (and everyone moving to Indianapolis, like someone poisoned the rest of the land). Nothing but scorching summers and freezing winters. Nothing but my family, who I do miss very much and very often.

But back to the summers and winters in Indiana-it's insane. The summers are almost as muggy as Georgia. With the humidity, the heat index can get up to 100 degrees, or higher. In the winter, you get that swooping Arctic Wind dipping into the majority of the state. I don't mind cold weather, but when it's cold and windy, I loose any remaining manliness. With the Wind Chill factor, an Indiana winter day can get down to "below zero" temperatures (These claims are made using the Fahrenheit system. Sorry Celsius fans. The Indiana education system teaches students the Metric system with the enthusiasm of a couch). So, can you think of any other states that have this ridiculous of a temperature range? Maybe New York, but I would guess that our winters are colder. I don't know. But we also get the Ice Storms in early spring, and it rains every other day throughout the entire year. And the weather can change so much and so many times in a single day that you almost have to pack a change of clothes wherever you go.

So it was weird when I came to LA. That was three years ago. It was weird
to me, for the weather to be (pretty much) the same every day, throughout
the year. It was Ground Hog's Day-esq. It's like walking in to a time void. I do really like living in LA, now. But I would still prefer to have some actual seasons out here, instead of it being spring time everyday of the year. So anyway, a bit more about me.. I moved out here for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Internship for Videotape Post Production. There I met people that got me hired on at Chainsaw (a Post/Editing Company/Facility), where I still work now as an Assistant Editor. It pays the bills. I started off as a runner, and then moved up the usual way-by waiting for those in front of you to get fired. They're kind enough to let me use the equipment for personal projects-such as the one you're at the website of now. So, I've done a heaping pile of Assistant Editing work on projects I have very little passion for, and a much smaller pile of actual Editing on a few short films that I was interested in. I also enjoy painting, photography, and going to the gym. But I hate Celine Dion. I'd like to show you my full resume and all that fancy stuff, but I am insanely busy right now. And the old resume I have now is so out of date it defeats it's own purpose. Currently, I am hard at work on directing a TV pilot, and I've never been good at dividing my attention. In case you haven't already noticed, my attention seems to naturally divide on its own. If I purposely divide it, my mind starts to go through a molecular fission of sorts. So, I'm sorry if you're just here for the resume, and I've let you down. But I do have this picture of me doing Karaoke (I'm to the left of the frame). Someone there made the mistake of letting me (a white man) perform a rap song (Rob Bass and DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two"). I was a big bundle of energy for the first verse, and an out-of-breath cracker for the second and third. Anyway, email me (at ryan_tanner@hotmail.com) if you need more/better info, or have questions for me. Take care.