IAN EYRE moved to Atlanta from Toronto when he was nine and learned to laugh at himself, and life in general, after surviving mockery for wearing “coloured” socks and  mispronouncing “house” and “about.” He joined the entertainment industry halfway through university with a stunt role as Batman at Six Flags Over Georgia. Two years later, he earned his SAG card for stunts on Andersonville. Consequently, Ian’s four-year bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering extended to seven years as he caught the movie bug.

Upon graduating, Ian became a model-helicopter mechanic for a research company, Guided Systems Technologies, that was testing artificial intelligence on unmanned vehicles for defense contracts. After an early mid-life crisis, Ian purchased a Bolex 16mm film camera and filmed scenes of terrorists taking over Georgia Tech for a short film called “To Steal a ‘T’” -- during security preparations for the campus to become the official 1996 Atlanta Olympic Village.

Since then he has delighted in the chaotic adventure of the filmmaking process and in the lives of those extreme creatives who share the journey. His passion for living life to the fullest leads to imaginative storytelling while his background in engineering, stunts and special effects results in a structured, safe approach to action scenes and some very creative camera rigs. His top strengths are Activator, Self-Assurance, Command, Learner and Responsibility. He dreams of flipping over a car before hanging up the stunt career and becoming a director full time.

Ian loves stories that portray the realities of the human experience and the extravagance of God’s grace, especially using the genres of dark comedy and action adventure. He has written or co-written several screenplays and helped produce two features and a handful of short films. Ian has also directed some award winning commercials and several shorts, including the 35mm period drama “Catnap” which won best cinematography for a short at Houston Worldfest 2003 and “Joseph’s Wheel of Destiny” which was nominated for Best Comedy at the 168 Film Festival 2009. Ian’s favorite directors are John Woo, John Frankenheimer, Dan Bradley and the Coen Brothers. His favorite movies include Where Eagles Dare, Ronin, Bourne Supremacy and Raising Arizona.

                                            Ian tries to take nothing seriously except his family and

                                            Jesus Christ his God. He has been married to Clarice

                                            since 2005 and they have been raising an rambunctious

                                            boy named Jackson since 2006 and a bundle of joy

                                            named Kiran since 2008.