- Ryan Dacko
Ryan Dacko (born 1978) is an independent filmmaker based in
Syracuse, New York . Dacko served in theUnited States Coast Guard and used his free time while on a tour of duty atAntarctica to create the screenplay of "And I Lived", a melodrama about high school lovers threatened by peer pressure and class warfare. [Film Threat interview [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=928 Interview on Film Threat] ] "And I Lived" debuted at theB-Movie Film Festival in 2005 and won two awards. [ B-Movie Film Festival 2005 Awards [http://www.b-movie.com] ]In 2007, Dacko premiered "
Plan 9 from Syracuse ", a documentary that followed his attempt to gain attention from a prominent film producer by staging a cross-country run from Syracuse to Hollywood. [Syracuse Post-Standard/Syracuse.com coverage of the film [http://blog.syracuse.com/dailydose/2006/08/run_ryan_run.html] ] The film received screenings on the U.S.film festival circuit [ [http://www.courant.com/entertainment/movies/hc-nhuff.art0sep25,0,6050409.story “Underground Film Festival Moves To West Hartford,” Hartford Courant, September 27, 2008] ] and was released in August 2008 on DVD by SRS Cinema. [ [http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2410&Itemid=148 “Movie Marathon Man,” Syracuse New Times, September 18, 2008] ]References
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-jqjkG9V7o WCNY-TV interview]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=83830290 "Plan 9 from Syracuse" website]
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