Biography

Originally from Jamaica, Andrew Reid is a physically disabled writer/director who immigrated to the United States at age 10. Reid holds an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and received the DGA Student Award for his thesis film, ASIA A. His short Iron Lung won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Unstoppable Short at the 2025 Slamdance Film Festival. His films have screened at more than 100 festivals worldwide and earned recognition from the NAACP Image Awards, HBO Latino Short Film Competition, and Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. His work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Disney, Sffilm, Tribeca Studios, Film Independent, The Gotham, Sloan Foundation, and Inevitable Foundation. He is an alumnus of Film Independent’s Project Involve and the Paramount ViewFinder Emerging TV Directors Program.
- IMDb mini biography by: Andrew Reid