Producer, Sound of My Voice
Nominated for: Best First Feature

Hans Ritter has produced over a dozen feature films including the critically acclaimed Hard Candy starring Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson and Mysterious Skin directed by Gregg Araki, which was named one of the top 10 films of 2004 by A.O. Scott of the New York Times. Ritter also produced Araki’s next film, Smiley Face, as well as Tommy O’haver’s An American Crime, which starred Ellen Page and garnered an Emmy® nomination for Katherine Keener.

Ritter went on to head the physical production arm of First Look Studios before setting up shop at Skyscraper Film. While he has been there, Ritter has produced films such as Hello, I Must Be Going starring Melanie Lynskey, Bythe Danner and Dan Futterman, which premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and Between Us starring Julia Stiles, Melissa George, Taye Diggs and David Harbor, which is finishing post-production and will be ready for a summer 2012 release.