Blake Ridder

Blake Ridder is a British Chinese actor, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his directorial debut feature film Help and for his 2020 short film Coronavirus. a fictional depiction of a man developing symptoms of COVID-19. Ridder often releases his short films on his YouTube channel.

In 2020 Ridder released "The English Teacher", which Matichon described as "Feels Guilty' or 'Repent".

Coronavirus
Ridder released the short film Coronavirus to his YouTube channel in January 2020. It was shot during the COVID-19 lockdown. The film depicts a man as he develops symptoms of COVID-19, some of which are entirely fictional, during lockdown. It has been billed as the first short film to have been released about COVID-19.

20 minutos was critical of the short, stating that it was "forgettable but at the same time curious" while also stating that parts of it was "laughable".