Ryan Tester is a freelance filmmaker based in Anchorage, Alaska. After taking the Video and Audio Production course at King Tech high school, he went on to produce his original movies with friends, work on commercial shoots, and start his own production company: Confine Light Films.

He is currently in pre-production on the feature length film Stranger, serving as one of the film’s cinematographers. In a previous episode, we spoke with Stranger’s writer/director Jinn Chang and producer Bright Chang.

ATMI producer and fellow King Tech alumni Maria Koop sat down with Ryan Tester in our studio to talk about making movies. He also touched on the planning process for Stranger, how he became interested in filmmaking, and the gig where he and Maria first met.

They spoke on December 30, 2023.

Hosted by Logan Ehrhart.

Music by Kendrick Whiteman and Devin Shreckengost.

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