He attended Baron Byng High School, where a teacher suggested that he pursue a career in acting.
He left school after grade nine and went to New York, where he studied under the highly-regarded acting teacher Peggy Feury.
[4] In 1997, Ransen moved to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia to live as a (self-described) 'hippie'.
He did some theatre work and formed his own company, Ranfilm Productions, through which he created three more films, including the critically-acclaimed My Father's Angel.
[2] Jacky Visits the Zoo (1962) No Reason to Stay (1966) Christopher's Movie Matinee (1968) Falling from Ladders (1969) Untouched and Pure (1970) Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky (1985) Margaret's Museum (1995) My Father's Angel (1999)