Editing Meg Ryan (section)

=== 2010–present: Directing ===
Ryan was attached to several productions in the early 2010s—including the ensemble drama ''Lives of The Saints'' opposite [[Kat Dennings]], [[Kevin Zegers]], and [[John Lithgow]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/meg-ryan-joins-lives-of-the-saints/ |title=Meg Ryan joins Lives Of The Saints |date=October 21, 2011 |access-date=September 28, 2021 |first=Joshua |last=Winning}}</ref> and ''[[Crazy Kind of Love|Long Time Gone]]'', a film adaptation of the April Stevens novel ''[[Angel Angel]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/meg-ryan-circles-long-time-gone-1118037604/ |title=Meg Ryan circles 'Long Time Gone' |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |first=Justin |last=Kroll}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/news/article_1641746.php/Meg-Ryan-knows-what-a-Long-Time-Gone-is |title=Meg Ryan knows what a 'Long Time Gone' is |publisher=Monsters and Critics |first=Adnan |last=Tenzer |date=May 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014175621/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/news/article_1641746.php/Meg-Ryan-knows-what-a-Long-Time-Gone-is |access-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>—all of which failed to materialize. In April 2011, it was announced that Ryan would make her feature film directing debut in ''Into the Beautiful'', described as "a contemporary ''[[The Big Chill (film)|Big Chill]]'' with longtime friends reconnecting", but it was never made.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/meg-ryan-to-make-directorial-debut-1118035043/ |title=Meg Ryan to make directorial debut |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=Dave |last=McNary}}</ref>

In October 2012, Ryan was featured in the [[PBS]] documentary ''[[Half the Sky]]: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide''. The series introduces women and girls living under difficult circumstances and fighting to challenge them.<ref>{{cite web |title=Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/half-the-sky/ |publisher=pbs.org |access-date=September 28, 2021 |first1=Maro |last1=Chermayeff |first2=Jamie |last2=Gordon |first3=Mikaela |last3=Beardsley}}</ref> The same month, Ryan's audiobook recording of [[William Saroyan]]'s ''[[The Human Comedy (novel)|The Human Comedy]]'' was released. In October 2013, it was reported that Ryan would be returning to television to produce and star in a new comedy for [[NBC]] revolving around a former hotshot New York editor, for which it again failed to get production approval.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/meg-ryan-star-produce-nbc-647805 |date=October 11, 2013 |first1=Lesley |last1=Goldberg |first2=Philiana |last2=Ng |title=Meg Ryan to Star in and Produce NBC Comedy |work=The-Hollywood Reporter |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref>

Following another four-year hiatus, Ryan re-teamed with [[Lisa Kudrow]] on her improvisational comedy series ''[[Web Therapy (TV series)|Web Therapy]]'', for which she filmed five episodes in 2013. The following year, she provided the future voice of [[Greta Gerwig]]'s character in the pilot of ''[[How I Met Your Dad]]'', a woman-centric variation of the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' that was not picked up.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meg Ryan To Voice The Mother In CBS's 'How I Met Your Dad' |url=https://deadline.com/2014/04/meg-ryan-to-voice-mother-in-how-i-met-your-dad-718910/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva}}</ref> CBS later passed on the project.<ref name="CBS Passes on How I Met Your Dad">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/14/cbs-passes-on-how-i-met-your-mother-spinoff-how-i-met-your-dad |title=CBS Passes on How I Met Your Dad |website=IGN |date=May 3, 2017 |access-date=September 28, 2021 |first=Eric |last=Goldman}}</ref>

Ryan's next feature film was the [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] film ''[[Fan Girl (2015 film)|Fan Girl]]'', an independent comedy about a 15-year-old girl, played by [[Kiernan Shipka]], with a passion for filmmaking who sets out to make a movie about her favorite band, [[All Time Low]].<ref name="Kiernan Shipka Becomes A 'Fan Girl' At LA Film Festival 2015">{{cite news |title=Kiernan Shipka Becomes A 'Fan Girl' At LA Film Festival 2015 |website=JustJared |id=Accessed September 28, 2015 |ref=Kiernan Shipka Becomes A 'Fan Girl' At LA Film Festival 2015}}</ref> It premiered at the [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] in June 2015.<ref name="Kiernan Shipka Becomes A 'Fan Girl' At LA Film Festival 2015" />

Also in 2015, Ryan made her directing debut with ''[[Ithaca (film)|Ithaca]]'', a [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] based on the 1943 novel ''[[The Human Comedy (novel)|The Human Comedy]]'' by [[William Saroyan]].<ref name="deadline1">{{cite magazine |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/berlin-meg-ryan-to-direct-ithaca-with-tom-hanks-executive-producing-673245/ |title=Berlin: Meg Ryan To Direct 'Ithaca' With Tom Hanks Executive Producing; The Exchange Selling At EFM |magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 29, 2014 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione}}</ref> Filmed in [[Petersburg, Virginia]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Woodrow |first=John |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style-blog/wp/2015/10/07/meg-ryan-and-spotlight-come-to-the-middleburg-film-festival/ |title=Meg Ryan and 'Spotlight' come to the Middleburg Film Festival |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref> it starred Ryan and had its world premiere at the [[Middleburg, Virginia|Middleburg]] Film Festival in October.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://middleburgfilm.org/films/ithaca-world-premiere |title=Ithaca (World Premiere!) |publisher=Middleburg Film Festival |access-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref> Ryan returned to the screen alongside [[David Duchovny]] in the 2023 romantic comedy, ''[[What Happens Later]]'', also directed by Ryan.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/movies/new-movies-fall.html Here Are the Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2023] The New York Times. 8 September 2023</ref>