Cory Reeder
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
Cory Reeder is an award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter whose work merges disability-inclusive storytelling with cinematic craftsmanship. His work has been featured in festivals worldwide and garnered nearly a billion views online.
After being diagnosed with ADHD and educated on the lack of disability inclusion in TV/ Film, Cory fixed his lens on advocacy. His work brought disability diversity to productions from global artists like System of a Down, Seether, Hayley Kiyoko, and most recently, The Record Company, who all employed inclusive cast and crew under Cory's direction.
During the 2020 Covid19 Pandemic, Cory produced the online web series Scene to Screen: Writers in Quarantine. Focused on encouraging new voices to begin sharing their stories. Weekly inclusive panel discussions talked through the arc of the screenwriting process. Guests included Justin Simien, Linda Yvette Chavez, Ryan O'Connell, Sung-Jin Lee, and more.
Current Projects:
The Last Chance Group - trapped in a basement, four desperate souls must spend the night searching for a reason to live, or die.
Deconstructing the Boogieman - a memoir about family trauma, finding acceptance, and forgiveness.
Best Friend, a high school comedy feature about an East Coast fashionista with Down syndrome who must adapt to her new hometown: Hollywood!
Shenanigans, a sitcom about an alcoholic wedding planner looking for love.
Life Sentence is a feature about a man who must find the courage to face his biggest fear, the killer who murdered his sister and destroyed his family.
2023 – NOM – Smash or Pass, Best Film, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (Writer/ Director)
2023 – NOM – Smash or Pass, Best Director, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (Writer/ Director)
2020 – NOM – Best Friend, Official Selection, SLAMDANCE (Writer/Director)
2019 – NOM – I Can, Best Film, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (Producer)
2018 – WIN – Best Friend, Best Film, Canine Film Festival (Writer/ Director)
2018 – WIN – Best Friend, Best Comedy Short, People of Passion Int. Film Fest (Writer/ Director)
2018 – NOM – Ain’t Woke, Best Filmmaker, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (Writer/ Director)
2017 – WIN – Best Friend, Best Film, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (Writer/ Director)
2017 – WIN – Best Friend, Audience Award, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (Writer/ Director)
2017 – NOM – Best Friend, Best Filmmaker, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (Writer/ Director)
2017 – WIN – Best Friend, Best Comedic Short, Directors Circle Film Festival (Writer/ Director)
2017 – WIN – Unlikely Temptations, Best Short, Picture This Film Festival (Director)
2016 – WIN – Unlikely Temptations, Best Comedy Short, Maui Film Festival (Director)
Director & Producer
I write for fun and work, about things I like and don't like, inspirations and desires, and they all usually involve either coffee or bacon.