Biografia
Drew Ryan is an American journalist that was born in Rochelle, Illinois. He is a streaming analyst with an emphasis on Disney+. Drew has been published on multiple sites and shared his insights about streaming industry and licensing in multiple places including his own site which once operated under various names including Disney Deja Vu, Deja Viewstream, DejaView News, and finally, StreamClues.
Prior to this, Drew had aspirations of becoming a creator on YouTube. Years ago, he launched the #ColdHardDrewth Productions multimedia entertainment company and producer of the Real Geek Girls (2015) interview show. He directed, produced, edited, wrote, and acted in all of his productions.
Early Life
Drew discovered his love for visual art in the forms of cartoons like Darkwing Duck, comics like Sonic the Hedgehog, and various video games for Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Playstation. He lived in a small Illinois town with three McDonalds. In early 2000's his family relocated to Wisconsin. After attending Lawrence University (Bachelor of Arts, English,) where, among other things, he developed his general love for visual art into a specific obsession with film and spent 2 years as an RLA, he set his sights on his first Master's degree. After earning an MS in Student Personnel Administration from Concordia University-Wisconsin, Drew returned to his alma mater as a Residence Hall Director and Office of Multicultural Affairs Programs Coordinator.
During his 3-year stint on Lawrence University's staff, Drew's geekiness exploded. After a few years there during which he developed a growing interest in social media, he sought a path that would allow more freedom and expression of his personal beliefs. The loss of his beloved grandmother ignited a force inside him spurring him once more along the path towards self-knowledge.
He sought to further his life and enrolled in the Library and Information Science program at UW-Milwaukee. While working on his second Master's, Drew's love for social media grew and he began to explore New Media platforms focusing mainly on YouTube. Finding a passion known, but never realized, he finished his second Master's degree only to opt for focusing his attention on building a career through freelancing (social media marketing) and producing videos for his various YouTube channels. In 2015 he started the "awkwardMEOW" YouTube channel which later rebranded to "Drew's Corner."
His core project, is the Real Geek Girls (2015) interview series which ran until 2019. Reel Geek Girls desired to lessen the stigma of being a geek and fighting the prejudice still faced by female geeks today. Originally a one-off interview with Kaitlyn Dias, star of Inside Out, it soon morphed into regular interview series retroactively christened "Real Geek Girls." In his former flagship show, "The #ColdHardDrewth" (2016), Drew devoted himself to nerdy news, geeky reviews, and more. He now continues that on his channel without a show name. Additionally Drew created the "Storytime w/ Drew Ryan" (2016), Drew's Clues (2016), and "Bad ASSMR" (2015) series to add more comedy to his main channel. All of his series contribute to his goal of "better content" (#CreateGreat movement) on YouTube. The intention of this is not to put more value on one type of video over another, but to encourage creators to outdo themselves and make content that is better than ordinary.
