Ryan Noth (under his company Puzzle Pictures) is an accomplished collaborator as an editor, primarily in the documentary genre. His recent work includes the feature documentaries For The Girls (CBC, Dir Erin Byrnes), Mbira Talks (Dir Adrienne Amato) and We Will Be Brave (CBC, Dir. Chrisann Hessing), as well as the TFCA’s best Canadian feature of 2016, The Stairs (TIFF, VIFF, TVO), for which he was also nominated for a Canadian Cinema Editors award. Ryan also occasionally works as a filmmaker and producer, and he edited his debut feature fiction film, Drifting Snow, which was named one of the top ten Canadian releases of 2021 by The Globe and Mail. Ryan has edited for broadcast, festival, streaming, and commercial releases, including multiple episodes of the CBC GEM series Farm Crime, 3x 45min episodes of the Hulu/Food Network series Project Bakeover (2021), and an OPPO Mobile campaign in China (Yung Chang, 2020).

With a sensitive ear for sound design, an endless cinematic curiosity, and an intuitive mind for montage, Ryan thoroughly enjoys helping filmmakers realize their inner visions. 

RYAN J NOTH CV - EDITOR

As a producer, director and writer, Ryan’s debut feature film, Drifting Snow (2021), stars Sonja Smits, Colin Mochrie, Jonas Bonnetta, Rachel Bonnetta, Chris Locke and Jess Salgueiro. Ryan previously produced, directed and edited a trilogy of short documentary films using the landscape as a central character to explore larger themes. All three premiered at TIFF: A Tomb with A View (2014) explores life and death at the world’s tallest cemetery in Brazil; Beyond the Horizon (2015), was shot with the Canadian navy on location of the Erebus shipwreck in the high Arctic, and The Road to Webequie (2016), focused on the Ring of Fire mining development in northern Ontario.  Ryan’s filmmaking career also includes premieres at SXSW (Jandek, 2006) and Rotterdam (Gros Morne, 2009), and the mumblecore feature No Heart Feelings (2010, Buenos Aires premiere). Drifting Snow and NHF were both released theatrically in Canada,  acquired by Super Channel and SpaFax, and live in the streaming world on Apple and Amazon Prime. 

Ryan is also the creator and producer of the multi-platform award-winning series The National Parks Project (2011, Berlinale, SXSW, Hot Docs, Discovery Network), for which he directed an episode of the award-winning TV series, edited a short film, produced an award winning short film, and created over two hours of content for the interactive site.  Additional producer/editor credits with his company include Northwords (2012), a literary adventure featuring host Shelagh Rogers and noted Canadian writers. House of Anansi made the collection of stories from this trip their first e-book release, and a cross-platform website links the digital print and video releases. Ryan is also the producer and editor of four Heritage Minutes for the Historica Canada Institute. He most recently produced the CBC documentary Prison Farm (2021).

Ryan is based in Toronto and Prince Edward County, Ontario, with edit suites ready to cut in both spaces. While he prefers to share coffee, meals, and drinks with collaborators whenever possible, he has long been comfortable working remotely too. Using a range of virtual tools, from screen sharing to document sharing, Ryan is a highly organized self-starter and outside the box thinker. When he’s not editing or making his own projects, Ryan tries to find time to cycle, ski (nordic), and travel.