Kynan Dias is an actor and award-winning screenwriter, born in Honolulu and raised in Las Vegas. Inspired at an early age by great American playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee, Kynan taught himself to write feature-length screenplays as a 14-year-old high school student. He earned a B.A. in film from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he pursued acting, screenwriting, and directing. Later, Kynan earned his MFA in screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he developed a love for writing TV sitcoms that were further nurtured during his time studying improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade.
As a writer, Kynan’s films tend to live within the thin space between the humorous and the tragic, in sarcastic dramas and in comedies that hurt. As an actor, he is often hired to cry in comedies. With Lester Ryan Clark, Kynan co-hosts a series of film history podcasts on the TruStory.FM network that are meticulously researched yet lean heavily on improvised comedy.
Teaching at UNLV FILM since 2008, Kynan has developed a wide variety of courses in film production, directing, acting, screenwriting, and film studies, being especially proud of building classes such as Women in Comedy and Queer Cinema. His research interests include animation history, studio system economics, queer coding in classic film, and foregrounding previously unsung collaborators within major film authors’ historiographies.
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute:Warning – this is a REALLY silly minute!You maniacs! You spoiled it! Damn you all to hell!Dr. Taney’s magic glassesIs New Math still new?!Is New Coke still Pepsi?Lions and gators and toads – MOTHER, PLEASE!!!Dr. Klei
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute:In this hospital, the MACHINES sound like they’re sick! And Dr. Peacock said, “I didn’t kill Mr. Body – he’s my SON!” How is this possible???My first cousin twice removed…or my second cousin once removed? Kynan bar
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute:Finding Pneumo!C – SQUIDS run. Run, SQUIDS, run!The Macy’s Thanksgiving Brain Parade!we just can’t stop GUSHING in this minute!Bloody Rags (sorry)You were RIGHT about the doctors!We talk about Rocky, and Kynan almost
On this Episode of The Exorcist Minute:Regan goes in for an oil changeYou know what this minute needs? More BROWN!Rejected title – What An Excellent Day For Fluids!How is it allowed to be Runny and sticky AND smelly?Are you team Jay Leno, or team Jamie Le
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute:What an excellent day for childhood trauma!You say “Ray-gun,” I say “Ree-gun,” let’s call the whole thing off.Don’t press too hard when holding your own brain.Who says I can’t pick my friend’s nose?Captain Howdy’s d
On this VERY SPECIAL OSCARS EPISODE:We talk about WHAT to watch, WHERE to watch it, and WHENWe predict the winners to this year’s Oscars categoriesYou gotta watch this! It’ll make you feel like SHIT!Gangs of New York StylePizza🎵Your own…personal…Pinoc
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute:Is there a doctor in the audience?Have you seen The Titanic by the James Cameron? It’s your daughter’s BRAIN!Somebody done stole her brain bones!Listeners in 3023…are you there…and are you aliens?A leision….or
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute:I’m CUCKOO for medallions!Sound bridges, L-cuts and J-cuts, oh, my!Our favorite doctor!Our only doctor…We’re all just meat sleeves for wet bonesActually, we’re long, skinny donuts.I don’t want to think about my bra
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute:Shakespeare OUT!All Brave Little Toasters Go To HellLester and Kynan are on the case to interpret this dream! (with big cigars that are definitely NOT Freudian in any way!)The persistence of vision – blink and you’ll
On this episode of The Exorcist minute:”Hey, Jesus! This guy don’t know the words!”The persistence of goodEveryone should know more about Snoopy!”Who’s your wife?” “No, Who’s on first!”We’re BAD hombres!Y’ever just bleed outta yer whatever?A reading from