Rio Finnegan graduated in Film from Santa Fe University of Art & Design, to which he was awarded the Robert Redford Milagro Initiative Scholarship. In his time there he worked on many projects under many titles. Making films such as Hello World and 1-900 in his time there. 1-900 had the pleasure to be accepted into The El Paso Media Fest and The National Film Festival For Talented Youth and is still being considered for a few other festivals.
He has worked on a bunch of films as an Assistant Director and Producer, like the films, Ding Dongs and CC Dances the Go-Go. This forged his love for his skill in collaborating and communicating what we need to move the artistic vision into reality. He has taught many lectures at the UofA on disability in film, pushing forward his message that we don’t just need more representation from disabled actors, we need more representation in disabled writers.
He is currently working on a semi autobiographical series, where he is attempting to tell stories about disability with a brutally honest, dark comedic lens. He will also have a writers room full of disabled writers to tell the honest stories from the minds of the ones who are experiencing it. The short film that will be teasing the series will be released in 2024.
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Disability Empowerment Now is produced by Pascal Albright.
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