About Andrew Reid

He holds an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and was honored with the DGA Student Award for his thesis film, ASIA A. His short IRON LUNG earned the Grand Jury Prize for Best Unstoppable Short at the 2025 Slamdance Film Festival. He has also earned nominations at the NAACP Image Awards, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, the HBO Latino Short Film Competition and the Best of NewFilmmakers LA. His award-winning films have screened at more than 100 film festivals worldwide.

Reid is in post-production on his latest short film, MELODY, while preparing to direct his debut feature. His recent accolades include selection for the Gotham Week Project Market, the Sundance Institute and Disney Project Advancement and Completion Fund, the SFFILM Rainin Filmmakers with Disabilities Grant, the Tribeca Studios Sloan Filmmaker Fund, the Spinal Cord Injury Artist-Innovator Fund, the Inevitable Foundation Elevate Collective and the Arts Council for Long Beach Creative Corps.

He participated in the Paramount ViewFinder Emerging TV Directors Program and was a finalist for both the Ryan Murphy HALF Directing Initiative and the NBCUniversal Launch TV Directors Program. His feature, documentary and episodic projects have been supported by the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Studios, Film Independent, Panavision, The Gotham and the Sloan Foundation. Reid is also an alumnus of Film Independent’s Project Involve, where he was selected as a Directing Fellow.

Before directing full time, he was a Creative Executive at Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity, where he helped launch the company and build a filmmaker-first development slate while packaging star-driven features for studio and independent partners.

During Andrew’s senior year at the University of Florida, a medical event changed his life. A malformation of his blood vessels (AVM) ruptured and compressed his spine while he was sleeping, leaving him completely paralyzed. Doctors told him he would never walk again.

In the months of hospitalization and recovery that followed, he met a diverse group of people who, like him, were grappling with life-altering disabilities. Their resilience became the driving force behind his own recovery and inspired his debut film, a heartfelt tribute to his caregivers. Today, Reid walks with a cane and continues to grow in strength and health.

He serves on the Board of Directors of Ainsley’s Angels of America, which challenges perceptions of what it is to be a runner by giving people with disabilities the opportunity to race across North America. He was also an Entertainment and News Media Apprentice in Disability Belongs’ National Leadership Program, which supports talented people with disabilities committed to building a more accessible, equitable and inclusive society.