CORY REEDER
DIRECTOR | WRITER | PRODUCER
ABOUT
Cory Reeder is an award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter renowned for blending disability-inclusive storytelling with cinematic excellence. His work has been featured in festivals worldwide and amassed nearly a billion views online.
Since 2015, Reeder has been a trailblazing advocate for disability inclusion in TV and film. Collaborating with artists such as System of a Down, Korn, Seether, Hayley Kiyoko, and 5FDP, his productions championed inclusive casts and crews. In addition, he has written and directed seven award-winning short films, all with disabled lead characters. Because of this work, Cory is also a programmer for the Slamdance and Cinema Touching Disability film festivals.
During the pandemic, Cory redirected his short-form films into developing feature-length productions. He is currently pitching three compelling features: "Last Chance Group," a contained, dark comedy; "Bittersweet," an international meditation on the meaning of life; and "Best Friend," a broad high school comedy.
Adding dimension to his portfolio, Cory has completed his debut novel, "Deconstructing the Boogeyman." This true-crime memoir is rooted in his personal journey of healing trauma with forgiveness.
Cory Reeder's dedication to inclusive storytelling, coupled with his diverse body of work, positions him as a visionary artist shaping the future of the entertainment industry.
Current Projects:
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Weller World, (Dir/ Dop/ Editor) A peek into the whimsical mind of Dr. Peter Weller, art historian, wanderer, connoisseur, and Hollywood actor/ director.
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The Last Chance Group (Screenplay) - During a biblical downpour, four misfits gather at a twelve-step meeting and must choose between truth or sarcasm to survive the night.
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Bittersweet, When a distracted father runs down an American businessman on a Bologna street, the dying man is given an unlikely jury: a Russian girl escaping an abusive boyfriend, a German oligarch’s son fighting his father's expectations, a disgraced nun in a crisis of spiritual conscience, and an elderly poet eager to die. As their last twenty-four hours unspool around the American, an angel appears and asks him: Is life worth living?
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Best Friend (Screenplay) - a high school comedy about an East Coast fashionista with Down syndrome who must adapt to her new hometown: Hollywood!
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Deconstructing the Boogeyman (Novel) - a memoir about family, murder, justice, acceptance, and discovering redemption through forgiveness.
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Shenanigans - (Pilot) a sitcom about an alcoholic wedding planner looking for love.
AWARDS
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)
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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.
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