The Lowdown

Ryan Hawke runs Under the Influence Productions, in collaboration with founder Ethan Hawke – writing, developing, producing and releasing a variety of works for film, TV, podcasting and theater.Her notable documentary work includes I Am a Town (MOMA Doc), Seymour: An Introduction (Telluride, TIFF) and a six-part HBO Max doc, The Last Movie Stars (Cannes/SXSW) about the lives and careers of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. She is currently finishing Highway 99: A Double Album, an epic journey through the life, times and music of Merle Haggard. She is also currently working on a documentary about the artist Agnes Denes, directed by Alexandra Shiva.Her feature film producing credits span the made-with-love-and-duct-tape film Blaze (Sundance, SXSW, Locarno), the Oscar-nominated First Reformed (Venice FF), Adopt a Highway (SXSW) and Wildcat (Telluride, TIFF). Recently, the company made the two-time 2026 Oscar-nominated Blue Moon (Berlin, Telluride), a tragic biopic about the songwriter Lorenz Hart. Hawke also recently produced The Weight (Sundance, Berlinale) with Fields Entertainment &amp;amp; Augenschein Film Produktion.Hawke's television credits include the Peabody Award and AFI-winning series The Good Lord Bird for Showtime. Hawke executive produced both seasons of the noir-comedy The Lowdown for FX, which received an AFI Award for season one.She is the Board Chair of the non-profit EngenderHealth, and a Board member of the Alex Fund.

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Ryan Hawke is the executive producer of FX's The Lowdown.

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Ryan Hawke | Executive Producer | The Lowdown on FX

The Lowdown

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