Erin Ryder facts for kids
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Erin Ryder
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Erin Leigh Ryder
August 14, 1980 (age 44) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Director Television Producer |
| Known for | Prime Video US Sports Destination Truth |
Erin Ryder (born August 14, 1980) is a talented producer and director who works in television and digital media. She helps create many of the shows and videos you watch! She also helped start her own company, Pax Pictures, which is led by women.
Erin has produced and directed many different types of shows. These include docuseries (documentary series) and live events. She has worked for big names like NBC, ESPN, National Geographic, Amazon Studios, Nickelodeon, and Peloton. She started her career working on the 2004 Olympics in Athens. More recently, she helped with marketing for Amazon Prime Video's first exclusive season of Thursday Night Football. She also worked on sports docuseries like Good Rivals and Coach Prime. Erin even won two Clio Awards for her marketing work on The Wilds (TV Series) Season 2.
What Does Erin Ryder Do?
Erin Ryder has worked on many exciting projects. She was an executive producer for The Other Half on Facebook Watch. This show was about women's international football (soccer) and the amazing players who are changing the game.
Ryder also worked with a famous footballer named Nadia Nadim. Nadia was once a refugee. Together, they worked with the Danish Refugee Council. They showed how football programs at the Kakuma Refugee Camp help refugees.
Erin helped lead creative and marketing efforts for Amazon Prime Video US Sports. This included the first exclusive season of Thursday Night Football. She also worked on shows for the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) and the NY Yankees baseball team.
She was also the main producer for Nickelodeon's Jagger Eaton's Mega Life. This was Nickelodeon's first live-action sports series. She also worked on Challenge Accepted, a YouTube series about young athletes.
Erin's Early Life
Erin Ryder was born in New York. Today, she lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She went to the State University of New York at Cortland. She studied Communication and Computer Applications. She graduated with honors in 2002. While in college, she was also an All-American athlete. She won a National Championship in field hockey!
Investigating UFOs
Erin Ryder starred in a National Geographic TV series called Chasing UFOs. The show started on June 29, 2012. In the show, Erin, Ben McGee, and James Fox were a team of investigators. They traveled across the United States. They looked into reports of UFO sightings. They often interviewed people who said they saw UFOs. Erin was also a co-executive producer for this series.
Exploring Myth Explorer
In 2016, Erin Ryder produced and starred in a web series called Myth Explorer. This series was made for Universal Studios. In the show, Erin and her team explored a mysterious island. This island doesn't appear on any official maps. It's a rocky, skull-shaped jungle in the Indian Ocean. People say this is where the story of King Kong began! The series focused on the 2005 King Kong movie. The online series was created to promote a new King Kong attraction. This attraction is called Skull Island: Reign of Kong. The series was shown on SyFy and had an extra preview on NBC.
