disability inclusion

His films like 'Afterlife' and 'Broker' authentically portray characters with disabilities as complex individuals navigating family and society with dignity and nuance.

'Big' and especially her work casting and centering disabled characters challenged Hollywood conventions and brought compassionate representation to mainstream cinema.

Her documentary and experimental films centering disabled and neurodivergent perspectives, such as work with deaf and blind communities, pioneer disability-centered cinema aesthetics.