Ashley Eakin

Born in California and raised in Nebraska, Ashley Eakin is a writer-director based out of Los Angeles with a physical disability. In 2019 Eakin was selected for the AFI Directing Workshop for Women. Her project SINGLE, produced in the program, will have its World Premiere at the SXSW 2020 Film Festival. Single was also the recipient of the New York Women in Film: Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant.

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Most recently, in 2019 Eakin worked for and shadowed director Mark Pellington on the Quibi series SURVIVE, filmed in the Italian Alps starring Sophie Turner and Corey Hawkins. In 2017 she spent...