Producer/Director/Editor
Originally from Virginia, award-winning Producer/Director Regan Brashear has been working on labor, race, youth, LGBTQ, and disability issues for over twenty years now through documentary film, union organizing, community forums, and grassroots activism. Brashear is currently the Director of Community Engagement and Distribution for the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated film on autism, inclusion and neurodiversity, DEEJ (broadcast on America Reframed, fall & winter 2017 & summer 2018). She is also the Producer and Director of the award-winning documentary on technology, bioethics and disability, Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement, which was released in 2013 and aired on PBS in 2015, and was a top seller in New Day Films for over four years. Over the past two years, Brashear served as the Head of Launch & Member Services at New Day Films, developing New Day’s “Promo School” training program, along with her team, to support New Day member-owners in marketing their films effectively to the educational market. Previously, she served as a producer and impact producer at Open Eye Pictures, doing community engagement for the Academy Award-shortlisted film, Under Our Skin and as co-producer for The Grove. Both films aired on PBS in 2011. She also works with filmmakers as a consultant on their social impact campaigns and educational distribution. Brashear has a BA in American Studies (Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa) and a MA in Social Documentation (Documentary Film) from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Since its release, Brashear has travelled extensively with Fixed, sharing the film with audiences of all ages around the world. To discuss bringing her to your university, high school or organization, please contact us.