“A secret weapon in independent publicity and distribution."
Kirby Dick
Oscar-nominated director, THE INVISIBLE WAR
I worked closely with Ry Levey during a promotional tour of the film LYMELIFE. I found him to be truly invested and savvy with regard to his responsibilities and relationships with journalists and general media. I would also have to add that he was extremely considerate and a heck of a lot of fun to be with.
Jill Hennessy
Actress, Law and Order, Crossing Jordan, Lymelife
Ry Levey worked our film at Sundance with energy and enthusiasm.
Laura Paglin
director, No Umbrella: Election Day in the City
About Ry
For more than two decades, Ry Levey has used innovative and original strategies to elevate the profiles of independent and international cinema throughout North America and the world with multi-pronged film marketing, distribution and PR services.
A specialist in documentary, LGBTQIA+, foreign, and genre cinema, Mr. Levey has spearheaded PR for filmmakers including documentary master Frederick Wiseman, Oscar-nominee Kirby Dick, Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Oscar-nominee Christian Frei, acclaimed documentarian Sophie Fiennes (THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY) and Oscar nominee and Tony-winning powerhouse Julie Taymor. He has also handled theatrical distribution campaigns for films including MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE, MINE 9, VIOLET, DRONE, SLEEPLESS IN NEW YORK, NOWHERE TO HIDE, TWO LOVERS AND A BEAR and THE CREEPING GARDEN.
Other clients have included actors Dick Miller, Jill Hennessy, Tura Satana, and Helen Shaver, music legend Rick Springfield, NY Times bestselling author Peter Golenbock and important icons like Slavoj Zizek, Ron English, and Judy Shepard, along with companies including Submarine Entertainment, East Village Entertainment, Altered Innocence, Eyesteelfilm, Urban Media, The Festival Agency, Doc & Film, Anchor Bay Canada, Raven Banner and Paladin.
Mr. Levey regularly attends and represents films at festivals including Berlin, Toronto, Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, DOC NYC, Cleveland, Cinequest, Annapolis, Busan, Buenos Aires, Hot Docs, Rotterdam, Vancouver, Montreal World, Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, Inside Out, Newfest, Outfest and many more. He also brings a keen insight as a filmmaker himself, under his RBL Films production banner, having produced and directed the multi-award-winning documentary OUT IN THE RING and the upcoming BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT.
Clients
Past & Present
Talent
Fernanda Montenegro | Dick Miller | Tura Satana | Jill Hennessy | Kirby Dick | Helen Shaver | Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy | Bill Plympton | Frederick Wiseman | Judy & Dennis Shepard | Keith Primeau | Peter Golenbock (Author) | Addison Wiggin (Author) | Ron English | Lori Singer | Rick Springfield | Michael Rooker | Bruce Greenwood | Julie Taymor | Slavoj Zizek | Seema Biswas | Michaela DePrince | Jack Ketchum (Author) | Kathleen Robertson | Dr. Helen Fisher | Brandon Bryant | Michele Josue | James Carson | Larry Pierce | Gabrielle Miller | Michael Schiavi (Author) | Peter O. Almond (Author) | Rawn James Jr. (Author) | Kinneret Boosany | Shera Bechard | Jon Cryer | Jesse Borrego | Jack Alcock | Hiam Abbass
Companies
U-Media | Submarine Entertainment | Films Transit International | East Village Entertainment | Starz/Anchor Bay | Raven Banner Entertainment | EyeSteelFilm | Paladin | Altered Innocence | Filmoption International | Orama Filmworks
PR Services
Little Miss Westie | Clean Hands | P.S. Jerusalem | Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End | Strad Style | Upstream Battle | Presunto Culpable | Women Of The Venezuelan Chaos | Jirga | Lot’s of Kids, A Monkey and a Castle | The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology | Mahccan (Homecoming) | At Berkeley | National Gallery | Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Nights Dream | Memoirs of A Plague | Miucha, The Voice of Bossa Nova | Crazy World | First Position | A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers | Raving Iran | Luchadoras | Belles de Noche | That Guy Dick Miller | Tru Love | An Affair of the Heart | Good Kisser | Chasing Banksy | Down River | She’s Allergic To Cats | Cell 213 | God Knows Where I Am | Purdah | No Umbrella: Election Day In The City | Cabin Music | Melody Makers: Should’ve Been There | Inside Lara Roxx | Sweet Karma | All The Time In The World | Head Games | Under Pressure | Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God | Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk | Best and Most Beautiful Things | Silicon Soul | When Arabs Danced | Foreign Body
Theatrical Distribution
Nurse Unseen | Unfriending | The 11th Green | Spit | Dirty Country | Nijinsky | Of Two Minds | IOUSA | American: The Bill Hicks Story | Two Lovers and a Bear | Transfixed | The English Surgeon | Neighbouring Sounds | Phoenix, Oregon | Nowhere To Hide | Mine 9 | Drone | Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of Mine | The Invisible War | Lymelife | Violet | Idiots and Angels | Outsourced | Not Since You | Sleepless In New York | The Creeping Garden | Sordid Lives | The Life of Reilly | Patang | Eternity: The Movie | The David Dance | In The Family | Charlie and Hannah’s Grand Night Out | Sell Out! | A Good Death | It’s Only Make Believe | I’m The One That I Want | Notorious C.H.O. | Johnny Greyeyes
Press
Highlights
