Flyback Productions produces independent documentary film features and shorts for theatrical, broadcast and web release.
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At its core, Flyback Productions is a documentary filmmaking organization with a passion for non-fiction storytelling. Through Flyback, Ryan Ferguson has directed and produced multiple independent documentaries on topics ranging from some of the more pressing social issues of our time to the inner workings of standup comedy.
HANNIBAL TAKES EDINBURGH (NETFLIX, 2016)
A co-production with Judd Apatow’s Apatow Productions, this documentary feature, directed, produced and filmed by Ryan Ferguson, follows standup comic Hannibal Buress for a month at the grueling Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Half documentary and half standup comedy special, this documentary was bought by Netflix and appeared on the streaming service for 3 years.
A WEEK TO KILL (COMEDY CENTRAL, 2012)
This 40 min short documentary follows standup comic Hannibal Buress for the week leading up to his very first hour special Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace, which aired on Comedy Central. The doc screened at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY before the premiere of the special and was purchased by Comedy Central and released as a special feature on the DVD release of the special. It can be seen in it’s entirety here.
SKATE OR DIE (FINISHED IN 2020!)
This feature documentary was filmed over nearly five years and has taken over five more to finally complete. Seventeen-year-old high school dropout Leonardo Castillo found in skateboarding an escape from gang life and generational poverty in his Chicago neighborhood, until a gunshot wound threatens to tear it all away. As Leo faces the world as an adult, his injury propels him in a most unlikely direction.
Skate or Die has received 2 grants, most recently by the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs, and editing was funded by a successful $35k Kickstarter campaign. It currently sits at the finish line and will finally be ready for release by mid-2020.