Ryan O’Quinn has more than twenty-five years experience in the entertainment industry and is CEO of Damascus Road Media Group and President of Damascus Road Productions. He has created, produced and starred in content across all mediums since 1996 and currently leads a team of experts to curate, develop, acquire and produce commercially-viable film and television content in the faith and family vertical at STX Entertainment.
Sony Pictures’ “BELIEVE”, produced by and starring O’Quinn, was named “Christian Film of the Year” and outperformed the studio’s highest expectation in the the first two months following release. As an actor and producer, O’Quinn’s films have received critical acclaim and in the last two years alone, garnered more than 30 nominations and wins in film festivals around the world.
O’Quinn’s everyman approach to improv, stand-up and viral video comedy gave him a unique voice and made him a favorite among media outlets including television and radio stations that licensed his brand of content around the world and, along with a viral video company he co-founded called Dad Dudes, Buzzfeed named O’Quinn among the “Top Parents of the Year that Made us Laugh” and one video was named #1 comedy video of the year by a variety of outlets.
Previously OQuinn served as a National Marketing Director of Compassion International, the world’s largest holistic child-development organization. From Hollywood he developed marketing strategies that saw double-digit year over year growth including the largest increase in 63 years and helped grow the company to more than one billion dollars in annual revenue.
O’Quinn authored the #1 best-selling book Parenting Rules: The Hilarious Handbook for Surviving Parenthood which reached number one in six Amazon categories including “Fastest-selling”, “Parenting”, “Parenting Humor” and “Relationships”. At debut, it was the #3 overall best-selling humor book on Amazon.
O’Quinn followed up with a second book, the acclaimed Marriage Rules: The Hilarious Handbook for Surviving Marriage.
Along with his wife, O’Quinn is co-owner of Integrity Releasing, a distribution company dedicated to distributing content in the family genre via theatrical releases and streaming platforms.
O’Quinn is a member of the Producers Guild of America and serves on various boards including The Board of Trustees at Oaks Christian School and the Advisory Board of the Institute of Arts and Innovation at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village.
Ryan O’Quinn lives in Los Angeles with his wife, producer Heather O’Quinn, and their three children.