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Ryan Buffa
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New York, NY 10003
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Ryan Buffa (she/her) is a writer, director and producer from Atlanta, GA and currently based in New York City. Ryan’s passion for storytelling is rooted in her journalism background and bringing truthful experiences to her narrative filmmaking, often focusing on shining a light on survivors and their perseverance. Ryan has a BA in journalism and media production from Flagler College, where she has won several Student Society of Professional Journalism awards for her multimedia journalism. She began her producing career onThe Walking Dead as an assistant to the powerhouse Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd, and ended the series as a Co-Producer. She recently worked as an Associate Producer on TWD: The Ones Who Live. Her short films, APPLES & ORANGES and SWEETHEART have screened at several film festivals across the United States and both won Best Short Film (2018 and 2021) at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival. Her most recent award winning short film, HOTELING, starring Jackson Abram and Khary Payton (The Walking Dead), is raising awareness on this issue in the foster care system. To further her mission of helping children in the foster care system, Ryan is a Junior Board Member of the Felix Organization, a non-profit helping New York state foster youth. Most recently, she produced a pilot presentation about a caregiver and her elderly but quirky client titled, ETHEL & ERNIE, writ