Prior to founding Visit Films with Sylvain Tron, Ryan spent a number of years in International Distribution at Focus Features. With Visit Films, he has been responsible for the worldwide sales of a number of important American independent and international films that have premiered in festivals such as Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, and Toronto from filmmakers as diverse as Harmonie Korine, Werner Herzog, the Duplass Brothers, Ali Samadi Ahadi, Joe Swanberg and David Robert Mitchell.

In 2010, he was on the road for 4 1/2 months and pitched to buyers on 4 continents. He has sat on numerous panels and roundtables around the world and is on the IFP Film Week advisory board. Ryan graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.




A native New Yorker who speaks fluent Spanish, Aida received a Masters in European Film Studies from the University of Edinburgh and worked at the Edinburgh International Film Festival as a film programmer, curating a variety of cinema programs and bespoke live events.

Since joining Visit Films, Aida has traveled to a number of festivals and markets, speaking on panels, participating in forums and serving on festival juries around the world.




Lorna-Lee, who is half French and half American, comes from the village of Aups, located in the south of France. Before joining Visit Films, she worked at several international film festivals and promotional organizations including Unifrance/French Film Office in New York, the Festival de Cannes (Marché du Film) and FICCO (Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival). Later moving to Paris, she spent four years working for European telecom operator Orange in their film co-production and acquisition division alongside Frederique Dumas, and was also involved in the Marketing and Artistic department there. Lorna-Lee has a Masters degree in Audiovisual Law and Business from the University of Panthéon Sorbonne.




Andrew comes from the Chicago area where he was born and raised and where he recently completed his studies at Northwestern University, receiving a Bachelors degree in Radio/Television/Film. During his time at Northwestern, Andrew wrote and directed several short films funded by the School of Communication, Studio 22, and playwright Regina Taylor's The State(s) of America multimedia project. In addition to his production work, Andrew was an active member of several student groups including serving as Executive Co-Chair of the Undergraduate Radio/Television/Film Student Association and Programming Chair of Block Cinema. Andrew comes to Visit with experience as Feature Programming intern at the Chicago International Film Festival as well as a member of the 2009 Telluride Film Festival's Student Symposium.




Kylie graduated from New York University in the Spring of 2011 with a degree in Cinema Studies and Producing. As an undergrad, Kylie interned at Columbia/TriStar Marketing Group and here at Visit Films in the acquisitions and festivals department before joining the team as Sales Coordinator. Kylie is originally from Indiana, the crossroads of America.




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