Rough Cut is an independent studio making character-driven American films and series, built to entertain first.
We believe storytelling does more than entertain. The films that last shape how people see themselves: their agency, their responsibility, and their part in what comes next.
Founded in 2025 with offices in Dallas and Los Angeles, Rough Cut develops and produces feature films and series alongside filmmakers who share that conviction.
Rough Cut works across the full life of a project, so the people who shape a story stay with it through production and out to its audience.
Finding stories worth telling and building them out with writers, from the first idea through the script to a project ready to make.
Making feature films and series with the discipline of an operating company: clear plans, honest budgets and crews who own their part of the work.
Shaping how each project is funded and planning its route to audiences from the start, so the business works as well as the film.
Rough Cut is developing its first feature films and series with writers, producers and filmmakers. Titles will be announced here.
Every story follows people facing hard choices, and what those choices reveal about what they’re capable of.
Nobody buys a ticket for a lecture. The best films thrill first, and what they have to say lands anyway.
Authentic worlds, earned emotion and no shortcuts, on screen or off.
An independent, founder-led studio with the discipline of a company built to last.
The ideas that have held audiences for generations, and the ones we keep returning to.
Founder & CEO
Ryan founded Rough Cut in 2025. Previously, he was CEO of Theorem Technologies, growing the company to roughly $2 billion in assets under management before its acquisition in 2024.
An early employee at Palantir, he helped build the company’s government and private-sector businesses. Before that, he served three tours as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps.
General & press
info@roughcutentertainment.comOffices
Dallas, Texas
Los Angeles, California
Submissions
Rough Cut does not accept unsolicited submissions. Material sent without representation will not be reviewed.
