# Ryan Hammer

Ryan Hammer is a remote worker on Himalayas, AI Video Director at Self Employed, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@ryanhammer

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Cinematographer and editor since 2008. I direct AI video, cut in Premiere Pro, and build my own tools in Python and TypeScript.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Salary expectations | 70k-110k USD |
| Job categories | AI Video Director |
| Skills | Cinematography, Python, Runway, Premiere Pro, FFMPEG, AI Video, TypeScript, MCP, DaVinci Resolve, Post production |
| Website | https://nobanksnearby.com/build |
| Portfolio | https://nobanksnearby.com/hire |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/nobanksnearby |
| GitHub | https://github.com/NoBanks |

## About

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I have shot and edited since 2008, freelance for National Geographic, Samsung, Red Bull and the NBA, and Premiere Pro was my main editor for more than ten years. Since July 2024 I have built software with AI: 25+ apps, 58 open-source MCP servers, and a beat-sync cutting engine I use on my own Runway films as an official Runway and Hailuo Creative Partner. In September 2026 my NoBanks AI Listing Engine won the $50,000 XPRIZE Build with Gemini.
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## Experience

### AI Video Director (current)

Self Employed. Jul 2024 - Present

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Directed, voiced, and scored five brand spec films and seven AI music videos, with every shot generated in Runway and cut on a custom beat-sync editing engine. Provided services including brand spots, AI music videos, and AI-assisted edit and post with frame-by-frame QA.
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Skills: Runway, Hailuo, Python, Video-Editing, AI-Video-Generation, Beat-Sync-Cuts, Brand-Films, Music-Videos

### Self-Taught Engineer (current)

[Self Employed](https://himalayas.app/companies/github). Jul 2024 - Present

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Built 25+ production AI applications and published 58 open-source MCP servers, including shotcut-mcp and CUTROOM, a multi-agent virtual cutting room. Runs a self-hosted local LLM agent stack daily for production workloads.
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Skills: Python, MCP, Shotcut, MLT, FFMPEG, LLM, AI-Applications, Open-Source

### Freelance Cinematographer and Editor (current)

Self Employed. Jan 2008 - Present

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Delivered broadcast and brand work for National Geographic, Samsung, Red Bull, and the NBA, with a decade of deadline-driven shooting, lighting, directing, and post-production.
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Skills: Cinematography, Video-Editing, Lighting, Directing, Post-production, Broadcast

## Tech stack

- FFMPEG
- Python
- Gemini
- MLX
- Suno
- Claude Code
- Runway

To contact Ryan, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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