Exclusive: Director Ashley Eakin has been announced as the winner of Best New Filmmaker, the top honor at the 13th Annual Best of Nfmla Awards.
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, the nonprofit arts and culture organization behind the awards, announced winners in 16 categories today, chosen by juries from among 130 nominees. Eakin’s award comes with a $2,500 Nfmla Anthony Rhulen cash grant provided by Nfmla, a full-frame Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K, and a three-ton, two-week G&e truck package from Cinelease.
Eakin, a disabled writer and director, has directed fiction and nonfiction films, including a 2018 short starring Henry Golding and Awkwafina and a 2022 episode of the Disney+ series Growing Up, starring Brie Larson. In 2017, Eakin appeared in a SoulPancake video discussing her rare bone condition, Olliers disease and Maffucci Syndrome, a video that tallied over 50 million views.
Filmmaker Ashley Eakin AshleyEakin.com
“Having over 14 years of experience in the TV and Film industry, Ashley...
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, the nonprofit arts and culture organization behind the awards, announced winners in 16 categories today, chosen by juries from among 130 nominees. Eakin’s award comes with a $2,500 Nfmla Anthony Rhulen cash grant provided by Nfmla, a full-frame Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K, and a three-ton, two-week G&e truck package from Cinelease.
Eakin, a disabled writer and director, has directed fiction and nonfiction films, including a 2018 short starring Henry Golding and Awkwafina and a 2022 episode of the Disney+ series Growing Up, starring Brie Larson. In 2017, Eakin appeared in a SoulPancake video discussing her rare bone condition, Olliers disease and Maffucci Syndrome, a video that tallied over 50 million views.
Filmmaker Ashley Eakin AshleyEakin.com
“Having over 14 years of experience in the TV and Film industry, Ashley...
- 6/26/2025
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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