Ryan Kruger is a South African based writer-director and actor. Kruger is known for his unique conceptual shooting style marrying narrative and visuals in his music videos. He has been regarded as one of SA’s top music video directors with over 100 music videos to his name, picking up many awards and nominations from the likes of MTV and SAMA’S (South African Music Award), but he soon made his jump to feature films. Directing his first debut film “Fried Barry”, which he wrote/directed and co-produced. Hitting festivals around the world competing next to major names, the film has picked up 23 awards and many nominations in some of the biggest genre festivals around the world such as Sitges and Fantasia. ItŐs already gained a cult status from fan art around the globe and is hailed as a first of its kind for South African cinema. The film was picked up by AMC “Shudder” with a wide international release in May 2021 with over 75 territories around the world. On the night of its release in the states it went viral being the 3rd most spoken about thing in America on twitter for being on the hit TV show “The Last Drive in With Joe Bob BriggsÓ, also recently hitting the 16th South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTAS), which is based of international academies, such as the Oscars and British BAFTAs. Fried Barry picked up 6 nominations including best film and director.