Ryan Bruce Levey
Production
Biography
For more than two decades, Ry Levey has used innovative and original strategies to elevate the profiles of independent and international cinema throughout North America and the world with multi-pronged film marketing, distribution and PR services. A specialist in documentary, LGBTQIA+, foreign, and genre cinema, Mr. Levey has spearheaded PR for filmmakers including documentary master Frederick Wiseman, Oscar-nominee Kirby Dick, Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Oscar-nominee Christian Frei, acclaimed documentarian Sophie Fiennes (THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY) and Oscar nominee and Tony-winning powerhouse Julie Taymor. He has also handled theatrical distribution campaigns for films including MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE, MINE 9, VIOLET, DRONE, SLEEPLESS IN NEW YORK, NOWHERE TO HIDE, TWO LOVERS AND A BEAR and THE CREEPING GARDEN. Other clients have included actors Dick Miller, Jill Hennessy, Tura Satana, and Helen Shaver, music legend Rick Springfield, NY Times bestselling author Peter Golenbock and important icons like Slavoj Zizek, Ron English, and Judy Shepard, along with companies including Submarine Entertainment, East Village Entertainment, Altered Innocence, Eyesteelfilm, Urban Media, The Festival Agency, Doc & Film, Anchor Bay Canada, Raven Banner and Paladin. Mr. Levey regularly attends and represents films at festivals including Berlin, Toronto, Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, DOC NYC, Cleveland, Cinequest, Annapolis, Busan, Buenos Aires, Hot Docs, Rotterdam, Vancouver, Montreal World, Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, Inside Out, Newfest, Outfest and many more. He also brings a keen insight as a filmmaker himself, under his RBL Films production banner, having produced and directed the multi-award-winning documentary OUT IN THE RING and the upcoming BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT.
Known For
In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away from civilization as possible, they take to the forest, soon to discover the danger posed by other survivors may be the least of their worries.
The Collapsed
A look at the lives of LGBTQ professional wrestlers past and present, and the history of LGBTQ representation in professional wrestling, told through a combination of archival footage and interviews with out performers, wrestling journalists and historians, friends and allies.
Out in the Ring
A documentary on the history of physical media and the rise of boutique specialty collector labels and the role they have played in film restoration, preservation, and elevation of underrepresented voices.
Boutique: To Preserve and Collect
A documentary that explores the untold stories of million-selling Christian music artists who bravely came out of the closet—only to have their careers cancelled or cut short by the industry they once defined. The film also spotlights a new generation of openly queer musicians seeking to reshape faith-based music, bypassing traditional Christian radio and breaking through on platforms like iTunes and Spotify, where they are topping the Christian charts and reaching audiences hungry for authenticity. At the intersection of faith, identity, and artistry, the film explores how queer voices are disrupting the conservative stronghold of Christian music while building a more inclusive soundtrack for the faithful—despite escalating hatred and discrimination across the globe.