{{short description|American director}} {{COI|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Ryan Staake | image = File:Ryan Staake.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = | birth_place = Los Angeles, CA, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Director|Designer|Business Owner|}} | years_active = | spouse = }}
'''Ryan Staake''' is an American director. Staake has worked in video, interactive, virtual reality, and print.<ref>{{cite web|title=Emerging Tech in Filmmaking with Director Ryan Staake|url=http://www.themill.com/millchannel/403/emerging-tech-in-filmmaking-with-director-ryan-staake|website=The Mill|accessdate=4 May 2015|language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Staake was born in Los Angeles, CA, but grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At a young age, his father, Illustrator Bob Staake, introduced him to Macs and digital imaging tools like Photoshop. Staake initially attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, studying Communication Design, before transferring to Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI to major in Graphic Design.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Staake|first1=Ryan|title=About - Ryan Staake|url=http://ryanstaake.com/About|website=ryanstaake.com|language=en}}</ref>
==Career==
===Pomp&Clout=== Staake founded design and video practice, Pomp&Clout.
==="Wyclef Jean"=== Staake edited and directed the music video for the Young Thug song "Wyclef Jean." The video only features Young Thug for a few seconds, after the $100k shoot was derailed by Thug arriving late, then refusing to get out of his car because his "Instagram account was hacked."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Welsh|first1=April Clare|title=Young Thug's 'Wyclef Jean' video is a hilarious $100K disaster|url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/01/17/watch-young-thug-wyclef-jean-video/|accessdate=18 May 2017|work=FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.|date=17 January 2017}}</ref> Instead of abandoning the project after Thug failed to show up, co-director Staake completed a snarky cut that shows how the video fell apart and breaks down the rise and fall of the video's creation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Klinkenberg|first1=Brendan|title=How Young Thug's Insane "Wyclef Jean" Video Got Made|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2017/01/young-thug-video-director-interview|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=Complex|date=Jan 17, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Recordings of Thug detailing his ideas for the video are played over the top of the track, accompanied by text that further explains how the shoot turned into an expensive catastrophe for 300 Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Luk|first1=Darren|title=so you've gone viral: director ryan staake on life after his 'wyclef jean' video {{!}} read|url=https://i-d.co/article/so-youve-gone-viral-director-ryan-staake-on-life-after-his-wyclef-jean-video/|access-date=18 May 2017|work=i-D|date=March 14, 2017}}</ref> An altercation between Thug's camp and the LAPD even occurred during shooting so ''Pomp&Clout'' opted instead to use B-roll footage for the final video. Of the project, Staake said, "I was trying to deliver to make an interesting statement, but also fulfill a contractual obligation."<ref name="Ducker">{{cite magazine|last1=Ducker|first1=Eric|title=Young Thug 'Wyclef Jean' Director on How He Saved His Nightmare Shoot|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/young-thug-wyclef-jean-director-on-how-he-made-a-disaster-viral-w461487|accessdate=17 May 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nadia|first1=Jae|title=Young Thug's $100,000 'Wyclef Jean' Video That He Never Showed Up For|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/the-wrap-up/blog/young-thugs-100000-wyclef-jean-video-that-he-never-showed-up-for|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173700/http://www.mtv.co.uk/the-wrap-up/blog/young-thugs-100000-wyclef-jean-video-that-he-never-showed-up-for|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2017|accessdate=13 May 2017|work=MTV|language=en}}</ref> The video received more than a million views in the first 24 hours after it was released on the internet<ref name="Ducker"/> and Staake, along with co-editor Eric Degliomini, won the 2017 MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing for their work on Wyclef Jean.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/|title=Winners & Nominees by Category - VMA 2017 - MTV|website=MTV|access-date=2018-01-11}}</ref>
===Entertainment=== The positive reaction to the Young Thug video resulted in Staake being tapped to begin developing feature films and TV shows, and he was signed to The Gotham Group in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title='Young Thug: Wyclef Jean' Video Director Ryan Staake Signs With The Gotham Group|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/young-thug-wyclef-jean-video-director-ryan-staake-the-gotham-group-1202062726/|website=Deadline|date=6 April 2017}}</ref>
===Mirage=== In early 2017, Staake co-founded Mirage Worlds, Inc. with Patrick Piemonte.<ref>{{cite web|last1=inc.|first1=mirage worlds|title=mirage|url=https://mirage.world/|website=mirage.world}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/story/mirage-augmented-reality-app | title=Finally: An AR App That Injects the Internet into Real Life | magazine=Wired | last1=Rubin | first1=Peter }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.itsnicethat.com/news/augmented-reality-app-internet-irl-090817 | title=Mirage, an new augmented reality app, moves social media onto the streets }}</ref>
==Filmography== Source:<ref>{{cite web|last1=Staake|first1=Ryan|title=Ryan Staake|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6896904/|website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Staake|first1=Ryan|title=Ryan Staake {{!}} IMVDb|url=https://imvdb.com/n/ryan-staake|website=IMVDb|publisher=Internet Music Video Database|language=en}}</ref> * ''Ed Sheeran, Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock: Cross Me'' (2019) * ''Charli XCX & Troye Sivan: 1999'' (2018) * ''Young Thug: Wyclef Jean'' (2017) * ''ScHoolboy Q ft. E-40: Dope Dealer'' (2016) * ''Clams Casino Ft Vince Staples: All Nite'' (2016) * ''Yili: Jay Chou Kinetic Milk'' (2016) * ''Lil Wayne & Charlie Puth - Nothing But Trouble'' (2015) * ''J. Cole - Wet Dreamz'' (2015) * Caribou - ''Our Love'' (2014) * ''Alt-J: Left Hand Free'' (2014) * ''Steve Aoki & Diplo & Deorro - Freak'' (2014) * ''The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - My Club'' (2014) * ''Booka Shade - Crossing Borders'' (2014) * ''Route 94 - My Love'' (2014) * ''A-Trak and Tommy Trash: Tuna Melt'' (2013) * ''Major Lazer: Sweat'' (2013) * ''Magnet - Hook N Sling'' (2013) * ''Acid Youths - David Heartbreak'' (2013) * ''A-Trak - Tuna Melt'' (2013) * ''Diplo: Set It Off feat Lazerdisk - Party Sex'' (2012) * ''Portable Sunsets - California'' (2012) * ''A1 - Darkside'' (2012) * ''Nick Hook - Sirens'' (2012) * ''Nadastrom - !II'' (2012) * ''The Suzan - Devils'' (2011) * ''Telephoned - Hold Me'' (2011) * ''Gucci Vump - Shashtilism'' (2011) * ''The Suzan - Home'' (2011) * ''Zoos of Berlin - Electrical Way'' (2011) * ''Dre Skull - I Want You'' (2010) * ''Rusko - Woo Boost'' (2010) * ''Boys Noize - Jeffer'' (2010) * ''Congorock - Babylon'' (2010) * ''Designer Drugs - Dead Meat'' (2010)
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|6896904}} * [http://ryanstaake.com/ Personal Website] {{MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing}}
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