Ryan Beickert

A graduate of New York City’s School of Visual Arts, Ryan Beickert started his career as an editor, and slowly transitioned from post-production into producing and directing. After acquiring his master’s in branding, he moved on to build the award-winning branded content studio Vantage at Mic. Currently, he is a senior filmmaker at Turner's branded content studio Courageous, which works to push the creative storytelling abilities of brands with network partners like CNN, HLN and Great Big Story. He is the director of Illuminating Giants (Mountainfilm 2019).