Ryan Riley is an author and screenwriter in Los Angeles, California. He likes to pull readers in with an enticing hook, then challenge them to extract the deeper context of his layered narratives.

Air

A free diver finds herself trapped in an underwater cave with only a few breaths to find a way out.

 

Air movie film screenplay poster
“Just hold your breath and swim.”
— Air

The first draft of AIR was written in a blur over three days. It clocked it at about thirty pages. Pretty short for a feature. But in a script with one character stuck under water, there’s not a lot of dialogue.

Overtime it’s developed into a nuanced story of grief and trauma and the relationship between parent and child.

It’s currently being developed as a feature with an Academy Award nominated producer.

 

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