RYAN WHITAKER is the screenwriter and director of the adaptation of Louis L'Amour's Flint, the romantic drama Surprised by Oxford, and the screenwriter, executive producer and director of the fantasy series The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of Merlin. Whitaker has a number of projects in development across various genres, including an adaptation of G. K. Chesterton's The Ball and the Cross. Whitaker is represented in film and television by United Talent Agency.