Ryan La Via is an award-winning filmmaker based out of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is a proud graduate of the Film Production program at Confederation College and is best known for directing his hockey documentary "Cup Confidential" (2020).

Furthermore, Ryan is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most co-writers credited on a feature film. The film is called "50 Kisses" (2014), and Ryan was 1 of 51 screenwriters on the project. His contribution to the internationally produced feature film was writing the short segment "Red Light."