Richard Ryan
+44 (0)7973 195887
FMRep@safd.org
Richard@stagefight.com
www.stagefight.com
Fight Master,
Fight Director
Member since: 1992
Office: Fight Master Member Representative
Union Affiliations: Equity
Other Organizations:
Equity Fight Directors Register
The British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat (Master Teacher)
Irish Dramatic Combat Academy (Master Teacher)
Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME)
'Master-at- Arms' to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Richard Ryan is an internationally acclaimed Fight Director, whose work has been seen worldwide.
He is currently serving as Swordmaster on the film SOLOMON KANE.
Other film work includes STARDUST, THE DARK KNIGHT, THE GOLDEN COMPASS, FAINTHEART, DRONA and THE LAST LEGION.
His best-known film work is TROY for which his Achilles v Hector fight (Brad Pitt & Eric Bana) was nominated for Best Fight in both Taurus World Stunt Award & MTV Film Awards.
He has accumulated over 300 stage credits and has worked for many major companies such as The Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre of Ireland, Royal National Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, English National Opera, Royal Opera House, York Theatre Royal and the award winning Mercury Theatre, Colchester along with various West End shows and National Tours on projects encompassing a traditional diet of Shakespearean and Jacobean plays to new contemporary works to a live show in Thailand where he staged a battle with eighty actors and four Elephants.