RespectAbility Entertainment Professionals Lab, Summer 2023
Trevor Finn
Trevor has worked in the TV and film industry for over a decade as a writer, story editor, and script coordinator, and has extensive experience in production as well as in the writing room. Most recently, he worked on FOX’s crime anthology series Accused, the Guillermo Del Toro feature Nightmare Alley, and was in the writing room for the Spider-Man universe series Silk for Amazon/Sony. His credits also include Star Trek: Short Treks (CBS All Access), SEE (Apple TV+), Jupiter’s Legacy (Netflix), The Expanse (Syfy), Dark Matter (Syfy), and XIII: THE SERIES (Showcase).
As a writer with ADHD, due to the stigmas around disability, neurodiversity, and mental health, Trevor has had to mask his symptoms for most of his career. In order to help fight such stigmas, in recent years he has become more open about disclosing his condition, and more active within the entertainment industry’s disability community. In 2022 he was a community advisor to the inaugural Accessible Writers Lab, a Canadian program designed to increase accessibility for TV writers with disabilities, and was selected to be part of the newly formed Disability Screen Office’s delegation to the Content Canada Conference. He is also excited and honored to have been selected for the 2023 RespectAbility Entertainment Lab.
Trevor is an alumni of the Radio and Television Arts program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), a member of both the WGC and IATSE, and is represented by Oscars Abrams Zimel & Associates.
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After an extensive search and interview process, 20 individuals were invited to participate in the Virtual Cohort of RespectAbility’s 2023 Entertainment Lab taking place August 14 – September 21, 2023. This 6-week Lab aims to develop and elevate the talent pipeline of disabled entertainment professionals working behind-the-scenes in television, film, and streaming, while connecting them with industry professionals and creatives. Participants include people with physical, cognitive, sensory, mental health, other disabilities, and multiple disabilities ranging in age from the 20s through the 50s. The Lab is a recipient of The Roddenberry Foundation Impact Award and is made possible with support from The Harnisch Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust.
