RespectAbility Entertainment Professionals Lab 2024
Toj Mora
Toj Mora is a filmmaker, producer, and editor with more than a decade of experience. He is especially passionate about capturing and crafting the most compelling and authentic deaf stories of our generation.
His recent post-production and editing credits includes Netflix’s DEAF U (2020), and Marvel’s ECHO (2024) streaming now on Disney+ and Hulu. Mora also worked in editorial on the first season of a Starz series starring and executive produced by Lauren Ridloff and Josh Jackson. The series was shelved in the aftermath of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
As a producer and filmmaker, Mora’s work includes commercial productions like Beyond Inclusion (2016) and small indie projects such as Hamburger Airplane (2020). In 2023, Mora was the Director of Photography for a docu-series on deaf music artists, where he led a crew of five deaf cinematographers. He is also slated to edit the series, which will be released on a new streaming platform Vsyn+.
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After an extensive search and interview process, 5 individuals were invited to participate in an intensive session for disabled creatives working in the documentary and unscripted spaces, taking place July 29 – August 1, with additional virtual sessions taking place in partnership with the virtual cohort, May – September 2024. Participants include people with a variety of disabilities ranging in age from the 30s through the 50s. This intensive elevates disabled creatives, focusing on building community, networking, and career advancement. This intensive is in collaboration with Bunim-Murray Productions, National Geographic, and NBCUniversal.
