# Jason Ryle
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{{Short description|Canadian film producer}}
'''Jason Ryle''' is a [Canadian](/source/Canada) film producer and festival programmer, most noted for his longtime role as head of the [imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival](/source/imagineNATIVE_Film_and_Media_Arts_Festival).[Patrick Mullen, [https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/imaginenative-film-media-arts-festival "imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival"]. ''[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)'', January 24, 2025.]
An [Anishinaabe](/source/Anishinaabe) member of the [Lake St. Martin First Nation](/source/Lake_St._Martin_First_Nation) in [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba),[Elena Hudgins Lyle, [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/an-incredible-bounty-of-indigenous-films-is-lighting-up-canadian-festival-screens-1.7638786 "An 'incredible bounty' of Indigenous films is lighting up Canadian festival screens"]. [CBC Radio One](/source/CBC_Radio_One), September 21, 2025.] he first joined the festival's board of directors in 2004, becoming executive director in 2010.[ During his time with imagineNATIVE, he also served as an advisor on indigenous film to the [Berlin Film Festival](/source/Berlin_Film_Festival), and as coordinator of indigenous film programs at the [European Film Market](/source/European_Film_Market).
After announcing his departure from imagineNATIVE in 2020, he was named the recipient of the [Clyde Gilmour Award](/source/Company_3_TFCA_Luminary_Award) at the [Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2020](/source/Toronto_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2020).][Clarence Moye, [https://www.awardsdaily.com/2021/02/07/nomadland-takes-three-at-toronto-film-critics-awards/ "‘Nomadland’ Takes Three at Toronto Film Critics Awards"]. ''Awards Daily'', February 7, 2021.] He subsequently joined the programming team for the [Toronto International Film Festival](/source/Toronto_International_Film_Festival) in 2022,[Barry Walsh, [https://realscreen.com/2022/02/24/tiff-unveils-new-programmers-details-for-2022s-in-person-edition/ "TIFF unveils new programmers, details for 2022’s in-person edition"]. ''[RealScreen](/source/RealScreen)'', February 24, 2022.] and is currently programmer for films from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and global indigenous cinema.[Nicholas Sokic, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/03/21/three-programmers-depart-tiff-team-realigned/ "Three programmers depart TIFF, team realigned"]. ''[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))'', March 21, 2025.]
He has also had a number of credits as a film producer, most notably on the 2025 animated documentary film ''[Endless Cookie](/source/Endless_Cookie)''.
==Filmography==
*''[Snip](/source/Snip_(film))'' - 2016, producer
*''Keewaydah (Let's Go Home)'' - 2017, producer
*''[Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics](/source/Meneath%3A_The_Hidden_Island_of_Ethics)'' - 2021, consulting producer
*''[Stellar](/source/Stellar_(film))'' - 2022, associate producer
*''Amplify'' - 2023-24, television series producer
*''[Singing Back the Buffalo](/source/Singing_Back_the_Buffalo)'' - 2024, producer
*''[Endless Cookie](/source/Endless_Cookie)'' - 2025, producer
*''[Wilfred Buck's Star Stories](/source/Wilfred_Buck_(film))'' - 2025, producer
*''[Aki](/source/Aki_(film))'' - 2025, executive producer
*''Shaaghan Neekwaii (Two Old Women)'' - 2025, producer
==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Award
! Date of ceremony
! Category
! Work
! Result
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| [Canadian Screen Awards](/source/Canadian_Screen_Awards)
| [2026](/source/14th_Canadian_Screen_Awards)
| [Best Feature Length Documentary](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Feature_Length_Documentary)
|rowspan=2| ''[Endless Cookie](/source/Endless_Cookie)''
with [Seth Scriver](/source/Seth_Scriver), [Peter Scriver](/source/Peter_Scriver), [Daniel Bekerman](/source/Daniel_Bekerman), [Alex Ordanis](/source/Alex_Ordanis), [Chris Yurkovich](/source/Chris_Yurkovich), [Neil Mathieson](/source/Neil_Mathieson_(producer))
| {{pending}}
| [Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/bam-bam-the-sister-nancy-story-leads-canadian-screen-awards-documentary-nominations/ "Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story Leads Canadian Screen Awards Documentary Nominations"]. ''[Point of View](/source/Point_of_View_(magazine))'', March 25, 2026.]
|-
| [Film Independent Spirit Awards](/source/Film_Independent_Spirit_Awards)
| [2026](/source/41st_Independent_Spirit_Awards)
| [Best Documentary Feature](/source/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Feature)
| {{nom}}
| [{{cite web |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/three-animated-projects-nominated-for-film-independent-spirit-awards/ |title=Three Animated Projects Nominated for Film Independent Spirit Awards |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |work=[Animation Magazine](/source/Animation_Magazine) |date=December 3, 2025 |access-date=December 3, 2025}}]
|-
| [Toronto Film Critics Association](/source/Toronto_Film_Critics_Association)
| [2020](/source/Toronto_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2020)
| [Clyde Gilmour Award](/source/Company_3_TFCA_Luminary_Award)
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| {{won}}
| [
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|3708946}}
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Category:Film producers from Manitoba
Category:Film producers from Toronto
Category:Toronto International Film Festival people
Category:Living people
Category:First Nations filmmakers
Category:Anishinaabe people
Category:Canadian television producers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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