Nicola Bartolini Carrassi was born on August 1, 1971. He began his career in 1987 as a presenter of TV-shows for kids and youth audience, hosting over 4,000 hours of live TV, concerts, and roadshows.
In 1990, he started his work as a voice talent, voice director, and dialog supervisor in an animated series broadcast by Mediaset, the first commercial network in Italy, France, Spain, and Germany.
In 1992, he joined Telepiu' (SKY Italia) and became the Head of the Writers' Department. He was promoted to executive producer and story-writer in 1993 and put in charge of localizing the company's most important properties.
During this period, he wrote 'Piccoli problemi di Cuore', a 61 x 30-minute series inspired by the stories of Marmalade Boy, a Japanese animated character produced by Toei Animation. He also created new properties for the Milan Football Club, Panini Comics, Marvel Italia, and Mediolanum Comunicazione.
In 1999, Nicola Bartolini Carrassi moved to Hollywood, California and changed his name to Ryan Carrassi. He worked as a producer and consultant for television broadcasters and US content producers. Then, in 2001, Ryan returned to Italy and took on the roles of Marketing Manager, Creative Director, and General Manager for Alboran Spa, a Mediolanum Company.
At Alboran Spa, Ryan created and launched Europe's first web TV platform powered by Eutelsat in 2002. He also produced My Virtual Boy, a project that changed the panorama of the World Wide Web, introducing a format that would help contribute to the success of web 2.0.
In 2003, Ryan joined Mediafilm Spa as Creative Director in charge of the Marketing Division and Content Acquisition Department focusing on Horror Movies and Animation. In 2005, as General Manager, he created a new distribution workflow for Medusa Home video, a Fininvest Company, and 20th Century Fox Italy.
As Head of Acquisitions, he made deals for feature titles such as "Freddy vs Jason", "A Home at the End of the World", "The Pool", "Ants in the Pants (Porky College)", and the complete catalogue of David DeCoteau movies. He wrote and produced "The Pool 2", the sequel to German movie "The Pool" and co-edited "Day of the Dead 2" - winning a prize for the best marketing campaign.
He founded "TGCOM Teens", the youth version of the famous on-line news magazine produced by RTI Multimedia. Since 1993, Ryan has also been involved in journalism, writing for the newspaper La Nazione, contributing numerous columns and reviews devoted to animation, TV shows, movies, celebrity gossip, and previews.
A talented songwriter, Ryan has written theme music for animation series, films, TV movies, and television programs. He has published six novels, "Bayside School" inspired by the famous Power Rangers series, plus an autobiography and a history of animation from 1975 until the present.
Ryan has created, directed, and published several magazines such as "Cartoni&tv" published by Panini Comics, "Poster tv", "Ukiyo", "Uncensored Monthly", "il DVD dei Piccoli", "Cinema Francese", and "Fumetti in DVD".
Ryan also continues to be the official Italian voice-actor for the characters "Brock" (Pokemon),"Batman" (Batman Beyond),"Ewan McGregor" (Lucas Arts Star Wars videogames) and "Dudy", the Milan Football club mascot. He has just published his first novel in Spanish and Japanese.
