Ryan J. Condal (born 1979 or 1980) is an American screenwriter and TV showrunner.
He and Carlton Cuse were creators and showrunners of Colony and has also worked as a screenwriter for films such as Hercules and Rampage.
His Breakthrough Hit came in 2022 with House of the Dragon, the prequel series to HBO's smash hit Game of Thrones, succeeding David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, with Miguel Sapochnik as co-showrunner. Condal was then announced as sole showrunner for the second season in August 2022.
Filmography:
- Hercules (2014), co-written with Evan Spiliotopoulos
- Colony (2016-2018), co-creator with Carlton Cuse
- Rampage (2018), co-written with Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse and Adam Sztykiel
- House of the Dragon (2022-), co-creator with George R. R. Martin
Tropes & Trivia in his works:
- What Could Have Been: He worked on a Conan the Barbarian adaptation for Amazon's Prime Video, only for the series project to be scrapped in favor of The Wheel of Time. Condal then jumped ship at HBO and made House of the Dragon.
