Ryan Mains was born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, and began making movies as a kid on his parent’s 8mm video camera. 

When a hand injury during high school squashed Ryan’s goal of pursuing a career in music, Ryan found solace in writing and directing one act plays and making short films.  The hand eventually healed, but Ryan had been bitten by the film bug.  After graduation, Ryan attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art Design and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film Production from Simon Fraser University.

In 2007, Ryan received a Kickstart Award from the Directors Guild of Canada to produce his short film The Collinwood Campaign. It won the Audience Favorite Award at the DC Shorts Film Festival and was voted Best Short Film by a Pacific Northwest Filmmaker at the Eugene International Film Festival. 

Ryan’s first feature film, the 2008 comedy Of Golf and God, was loosely inspired and partially funded by his part time job as a pizza delivery guy during university. Of Golf and God has played to packed audiences at festivals across North America and was awarded Best Feature Comedy at the Eugene International Film Festival and Best Screenplay at the Beloit International Film Festival – no small feat for a self funded feature on a $15,000 budget.

Ryan recently returned from Los Angeles, where he observed acclaimed American director Bobby Roth on the Prison Break episode “Rate of Exchange”, and has also been mentored by Canadian directors Jonathan Tammuz of “The Child Eater” and Andrew Currie of “Fido”.

Politically Incorrect Entertainment was formed by Ryan in 2008 with producing partner Suzan Derkson, and they are currently developing several feature projects under option.