Thérèsa Ryan
After a number of years as freelance Production Manager on international productions filmed in and around South Africa Thérèsa was headhunted by Genevieve Hofmeyr owner and producer at premiere South African film company Moonlighting Films. Thérèsa assumed the position of Head of Production for the Feature Film division of Moonlighting Films in 2007. During her 7 year period as HOP at Moonlighting Films she was actively involved in the budgeting and development process for production service, securing international contracts for projects to film in and around South Africa ,the actual production, pre production and post production of such films. These include but are not limited to films such as: Invictus(Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman), Safe House (Denzel Washington), The Giver (Meryl Streep), Mad Max Fury Road (Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron) ,Sacha Baron Cohens latest film Grimsby, the Sean Penn directed "The Last Face" with Javier Bardem & Charlize Theron and TV series such as "E.R" and " 24 " to name a few. She acted as Production Executive for Moonlighting Films on season 4 of the Emmy Award Winning TV Series "Homeland"(Clare Danes ,Mandy Patinken) securing this series to film entirely on location in Cape Town. During her time as HOP at Moonlighting Films and working very closely with Genevieve Hofmeyr she developed relationships with many industry professionals both independent and studio based primarily in the USA and UK. At Moonlighting Thérèsa met celebrated South African auteur, Oliver Hermanus whilst he was making his film SKOONHEID (BEAUTY) and then went on to co -produce his film, "ENDLESS RIVER" that premiered in competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival 2015.at the Venice Film festival in 2015. She then took a sabbatical to focus on her two small sons but returned to head up Hermanus's local South African production/distribution company Penzance Films and co-produce his critically acclaimed film, MOFFIE, which had it's world premiere in competition in the Orizzonti section at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. As a dual SA/UK national Thérèsa relocated to London with her family in 2021, from where in 2022 she line produced the Nick Love series, A Town Called Malice for SKY shooting in London/Canary Islands and then Oliver Hermanus's television debut series MARY & GEORGE for SKY/AMC. She then went on to co produce K'naan Warsame's debut feature film MOTHER MOTHER shot in Kenya with Andrea Calderwood. Most recently Thérèsa has just produced Hermanus's much anticipated upcoming film, HISTORY OF SOUND starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor , filmed in the US,Italy and the UK and due for release in 2025. By: Theresa Ryan - van Graan
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Thérèsa Ryan's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Thérèsa Ryan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Thérèsa Ryan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
The History of Sound(2025)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Mary & George(2024)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Moffie(2019)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Endless River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Ladygrey(2015)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Challenger Disaster(2013)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Dinosaur Project(2012)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Mermaids: The Body Found (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Gone But Not Forgotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Borderline(2002)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 2002 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The History of Sound (2025)
Highest rated
The Challenger Disaster (2013)
Most popular right now
Mary & George (2024)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Thérèsa Ryan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Thérèsa Ryan's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Thérèsa Ryan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Thérèsa Ryan's MovieCove titles; Oliver Hermanus shares the most, 3.
- Oliver HermanusShared titles: The History of Sound (2025), Mary & George (2024), Moffie (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Oliver Hermanus
- Genevieve HofmeyrShared titles: Moffie (2019), Ladygrey (2015), The Challenger Disaster (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Genevieve Hofmeyr
