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.
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On this widdle baby episode of The Devil’s Details: That slothy goodness! In case of hellfire, use stairs. Well, that stairway joke escalated quickly….and more!
On this ROCKIN’ EIGHTIES episode of The Devil’s Details: Any child sacrifice is a personal child sacrifice if you believe enough. Satan’s “Gonna Fly Now.” You had me at sloth….and more!
On this EPICALLY POETIC episode: Satan gets a glow up! The Disney version of the Devil??? Satan is Elsa from Frozen: Change my mind…and more!
On this Episode: I’ll have an Eldritch Mac with fries and a Coke. Ugolino chews out Ruggieri New rules for the Dante-verse! Hop on Papa Satan!…and more!
On this episode: Kynan leaves me hangin. The dress code here is “headless casual.” Loud Apparent Ninja Turtles. We found the end of Google! Pizza’s here! Stop having sex!…and more!
On this episode of The Devil’s Details: “That’s Cacus!” 🎵FIVE FLORENTINE THIEVES!🎵 Doesn’t this podcast remind you of the Star Wars Minute? (please say yes)…and more!
On this ANIMORPHIC episode of The Devil’s Details: “Dangil” or “Virte?” Devils all up in this malebolge! “Hypocrisy” By Calvin Klein. “Now, I’m not a puppy drowner, BUUUUUT………”…and more!
On this meaty malebolgia episode of The Devil’s Details: This medea is killing our kids. We go so far up our own asses that I get a nose bleed. Have you ever tried pope-in-a-hole?…and more!
On this centaurrific episode of The Devil’s Details: Does anyone learn anything in Dante’s hell? We were the devil the whole t-THE WHOLE TIME!!! We put AI in the 7th circle of hell!…and more!