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Breaking Barriers: Asha Chai-Chang - Emmy Winning Filmmaker, Netflix Fellow, and Advocate for Inclusive Entertainment
Hailing from Charlotte, NC, now based in Los Angeles, Asha Chai-Chang is a Two-Time Netflix Writer/Director Fellow and Emmy Winning Production Accessibility Coordinator. Asha is a Jewish, Afro-Latina, and Caribbean-Asian female director with disabilities.
She disrupts stigmas throughout the entertainment industry by creating accessible and inclusive sets for productions and advocating for diverse storytelling. A Yale graduate, former finance professional, and Co-Founder of Slamdance Unstoppable - a film program at the Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying Film Festival dedicated to uplifting films with or by disabled talent and filmmakers - Ms. Chai-Chang impacts positive change beyond the silver screen.
Simultaneously on screen, films she has written and directed have been recognized by Oscar-qualifying film festivals and the NAACP. Asha is creating a preschool animated Spanish bilingual TV series, WENDY ON WHEELS, followed by her recent trilingual (Spanish, English, ASL) sitcom proof of concept and film, MARQUE DOS, which will premiere at an Academy Award Qualifying Film Festival in 2024.
Writer | Director
Films from Love My Production
Production Accessibility Coordinator
Consultant | Public Speaker
