About Sovereign Mind Productions LLC
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Ryan Begay
Owner, founder and a seasoned filmmaker with years of filmmaking experience. Hailing from the Navajo Nation, Ryan works both in front of and behind the camera. His experience ranges from Short films to Feature Films and Commercials.  After his service in the US Air Force, he got his start at the Colorado Film School, and then moved to New Mexico to finish his Bachelors of Fine Arts in New Media Arts-Moving Images from the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe . ​    
One of Ryan’s passion and intent for film, which is as strong today as it was when he first arrived to NM in 2008, is to create more content in the area of Native Cinema. Another is his love for acting! See his acting resume here.


​Production Highlights:
  • Producer/Director/DP - Pueblo of Isleta: The History and Culture Documentary - Pueblo of Isleta  Dept. of Ed. 
  • Producer/Director/DP - Come as you are, Leave nurtured (Commercial) - Pillowtalk Salon and Spa
  • Producer/Director/DP - Lonely Nights Music Video - The Jir Project
  • Producer/Director/DP - Spirit of Hoops Native American Basketball Camps - Mountain Chief Institute
  • Producer/Director – Carpio
  • Producer/Writer/Director – Mike's Birthday Commercial – CYFD
  • Producer/Writer/Director – Ignite

  • Writer/Director/DP - Diabetes Prevention - Community Active PSA - Santo Domingo Pueblo Tribal Programs
  • Writer/Director/DP - Diabetes Prevention Through Active Lifestyles PSA - Santo Domingo Pueblo Tribal Programs

Crew Experience
  • Key Set PA – Bare – Indion Films 
  • Cast Assistant - Hellbent 
  • Assistant Camera/Chief Lighting Tech - America Declassified (S1,Ep3) Indio Films / Travel Channel  
  • 2nd AC- In the Middle of the River 
  • 2nd AC - Priceless - Radiate Films
  • 2nd AC - Drunktown's Finest - Indion Films
  • Camera PA - Blaze You Out - AJK Films
  • Camera PA - In Plain Sight (S5,Ep4) - Northern Ent. /USA Network
  • 1st AC - New Methico - Joe Bacharka
  • 1st AC - Delia - Trinidad Mustache Films
  • 1st AC - Through Their Eyes (PSA) - Half Life Digital
  • 1st AC - Mason Dixon - NALIP
  • 1st AC - Beautiful Mess - NALIP
  • Boom Operator - Katie Says Goodbye 
  • Boom Operator - Lightening in the Hand - Joey Grossfield
  • Sound Mixer / Boom Op - El Rito Home (Commercial) - NM Home Crafters  
  • Sound Mixer / Boom Op - Loma Linda (Commercial) - NM Home Crafters  
  • Set Decorator - Torcida - Hands Across Cultures