Ryan Oksenberg is a filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario who graduated with a BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2008). He has written numerous screenplays, one of which was optioned by Color Force ("Hunger Games" trilogy). Oksenberg has directed a stop-motion Western, "Ecstasy of the Gold" and the award-winning documentary feature, "Cease to Exist." His documentary-series "Life Line Booth" airs on Pivot, the TV division of Participant Media. He is also co-writer of the upcoming screenplay based on the award-winning Historical Fiction/Western novel,"The Whip," written by Karen Kondazian.