Ryan M. Place is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

-German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 and filmmaker.

Career

Place attended high school at the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park

Plymouth-Canton Educational Park

The Plymouth-Canton Educational Park encompasses three public secondary schools—Salem High School, Canton High School, and Plymouth High School—in Canton Township, Michigan, United States. PCEP is located on a campus in Wayne County...

, graduated with a B.S. in Film from Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...

 and is currently living in Detroit working on a variety of upcoming projects.

Place has contributed to publications like Real Detroit Weekly

Real Detroit Weekly

Real Detroit Weekly is a weekly newspaper distributed free of charge every Wednesday, that focuses mainly on entertainment news from Hollywood and the metro Detroit nightclub scene...

, iSPY Magazine and emYOU! The Magazine

EmYOU! The Magazine

emYOU! The Magazine is a free full-color independent monthly magazine distributed in the Ypsilanti–Ann Arbor area of Southeast Michigan. The magazine's primary demographic are Eastern Michigan University students and Ypsilanti residents...

 and is currently a freelance journalist. Place is also founder, president and CEO of Detroit-based global film production company Margrave Pictures. Margrave Pictures, known for unusual independent comedies like Clipped and Aquapulp, has a number of upcoming productions scheduled.

In 2010, Place was a Production Assistant

Production assistant

A production assistant, also known as a PA, is a job title used in filmmaking and television for a person responsible for various aspects of a production...

 for DreamWorks

DreamWorks

DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...

 on Transformers: Dark of the Moon in Detroit and is currently a Satellite Film Locations Scout

Location scouting

Location scouting is a vital process in the pre-production stage of filmmaking and commercial photography. Once scriptwriters, producers or directors have decided what general kind of scenery they require for the various parts of their work that is shot outside of the studio, the search for a...

 for the Michigan Film Office.

Place volunteers irregularly at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit and is a member of the following organizations: the Detroit Economic Club

Detroit Economic Club

The Detroit Economic Club, headquartered at 211 West Fort Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan, was formed in 1934 as a platform for the discussion and debate of important business, government and social issues...

, Ayn Rand Institute

Ayn Rand Institute

The Ayn Rand Institute: The Center for the Advancement of Objectivism is a 501 nonprofit think tank in Irvine, California that promotes Ayn Rand's philosophy, called Objectivism. It was established in 1985, three years after Rand's death, by Leonard Peikoff, Rand's legal heir...

, Philosophical Research Society

Philosophical Research Society

The Philosophical Research Society is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1934, by the prolific author and scholar Manly Palmer Hall, which provides learning and development of a philosophy of life which embraces conciliation of religion and science and higher understandings of life...

, U.S. Chess Federation, Gurdjieff Foundation

Gurdjieff Foundation

The Gurdjieff Foundation is a variety of organisations based on the ideas of George Gurdjieff.Gurdjieff inspired the formation of many groups after his death...

, National Geographic Society

National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...

, Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon Conservation Association is a 5013 non-profit organization working to conserve the biodiversity of the Amazon Basin through the development of new scientific understanding, sustainable resource management and rational land-use policy....

 and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies is a membership-based 501 non-profit research and educational organization working to develop psychedelics and marijuana into legal prescription drugs...

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