Ryan Trecartin

Born: None

Ryan Trecartin is an American artist and filmmaker currently based in Athens, Ohio. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in 2004. Trecartin has since lived and worked in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Miami.


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Center Jenny

as Storytelling Crew Cut / Window Direct.HD / Witness Direct
Released: 2013-09-29

The film focuses on the life of Jenny who has, according to many of the other characters, become...

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I-Be Area

as Pasta / I-be II Amerisha no-name-i-be SallyMan Now
Released: 2007-09-08

Dazzling and raucous, Ryan Trecartin's first feature-length video takes cues from chat rooms,...

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Spirit Riser

as uncredited
Released: 2024-03-30

Two sisters are thrown out of their isolation and onto opposite coasts of America by a...

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Comma Boat

as Yet
Released: 2013-12-08

In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers...

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K-CoreaINC. K (section a)

as USA Korea / Wait
Released: 2009-07-30

The video revolves around an unending "meeting" - a busy, aimless meeting that goes in circles...

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Sibling Topics (Section A)

as Ceader / Britt / Adobe / Deno / Auto Ceader
Released: 2009-04-19

Trecartin returns to his conception of family-as-business-enterprise, casting parent figures as...

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What's The Love Making Babies For

as uncredited
Released: 2003-06-16

Trecartin's extraordinary digital manipulations reach a new level as he speculates in vivid...

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A Family Finds Entertainment

as Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video Face
Released: 2005-03-12

Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions....

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Temple Time

as uncredited
Released: 2016-08-08

Shot in a former Masonic temple in Los Angeles – a five-story warren of large, cavernous rooms...

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Belly's

as uncredited
Released: 2001-01-01

This rare collection of Ryan Trecartin's early short films, produced as a student at the Rhode...

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Temp Stop

as JJ / Wait / Demo
Released: 2010-01-01

Temp Stop, as the title implies, has a disjunctive quality that separates it from the other...

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P.opular S.ky (section-ish)

as USA Korea / Voy-Pire / Britta Post-asif / De-Auto Body Ago
Released: 2010-01-13

In P.opular S.ky (section ish), a character played by Trecartin informs us that she wants ‘to...

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Plot Front

as Neighbor Girl
Released: 2019-08-25

A delirious movie installed inside a ghostly barn made with prefabricated materials. The...

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Ready

as Wait / JJ Check
Released: 2010-01-01

In Ready, Wait, played by Trecartin, is introduced as the eponymous figure of the series. Wait...

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The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)

as Tanpire / Wait
Released: 2010-07-18

The movie is actual market research collected by Wait for Y-Ready. It doubles as the site of...

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(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)

as Tammy 1/Tammy 2/Tommy Chat/High-Low Tommy Video Voice
Released: 2006-07-19

Trecartin describes (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.) as a "narrative video short that takes place...

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Mark Trade

as Director Act [1] + [2] / Denim Floral Nude / Camo Pink Peek
Released: 2016-09-02

Shot in 2013 - In 'honor, of cause fake news - less gravity here - don't bird watch with a gun -...

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Wayne's World

as uncredited
Released: 2003-01-01

Trecartin and his collaborator/co-star Lizzie Fitch ponder the messages delivered by the most...

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Roamie View: History Enhancement

as JJ Check / Free Lance / Avondale
Released: 2010-05-04

Roamie View: History Enhancement reveals JJ as a husk of his former self, overwhelmed by too...

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Yielders Path

as uncredited
Released: 2015-04-08

The video displays Fitch and Trecartin's signature style of ludicrous cut-scenes and ironic...

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Permission Streak

as uncredited
Released: 2016-01-01

Permission Streak opens with a question: “Can you tell the difference between a camera and a...

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Junior War

as uncredited
Released: 2013-11-02

In Junior War, a throng of highschoolers congregate at night for a party in the woods sometime...

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Item Falls

as Stunt Director Voice Over
Released: 2013-02-10

In Item Falls, we are peaking. We start out at a casting call, but before long we're firmly in...

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Valentine's Day Girl

as uncredited
Released: 2001-03-01

Trecartin crafts a fantastical narrative about a girl whose obsessive personal utopia is...

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Yo! A Romantic Comedy

as uncredited
Released: 2002-01-01

In Yo! A Romantic Comedy, Trecartin borrows clichés from hip-hop culture and genre films to...

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Love Part One

as uncredited
Released: 2002-01-01

A short film showcasing the artist’s maturation in experimental video which would culminate in...

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