Ashley Eakin Biography

Ashley Eakin is an authenticity and vulnerability advocate and filmmaker with a physical handicap who was born in California and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. Ashley was featured in a SoulPancake video in 2017 about Olliers illness and Maffucci Syndrome, a rare bone ailment. The video went viral, with more than 50 million views to date. Her personal life and medical experience have had a significant impact on her desire to tell tales that help people understand one another and how the inclusion of individuals with disabilities is the next big thing to happen in the world. She is enthusiastic about spreading her message because she feels vulnerability has an incalculable beneficial influence. SINGLE, her short film, was recently completed and will screen at the SXSW film festival in March 2020. She was one of eight women chosen for the renowned American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women in 2019. Prior to developing her own projects, she worked as an assistant to film director Jon M. Chu, spending five months in Malaysia and Singapore on the set of Crazy Rich Asians.

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