Luke Terrell
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Luke Terrell
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Straight (Heterosexual)
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Affiliations
Restless Productions Kartemquin Films Gray Picture ShutterstockLinks to Work
Bio
Director / Producer from Chicago, now based in St. Louis, with a history working on stories connected to disability and incarceration.
Projects
Your Friend, Memphis
Memphis, a young man with cerebral palsy, is caught between the world's expectations and his own ambitions. His story is an odyssey of dogged determination: a search for work, love, and freedom - no matter what.
Gabe
Gabe, a college graduate with a severe form of muscular dystrophy, receives a new diagnosis with a doubled life expectancy; he sets out to make a life he never thought he would have with an inspiring combination of bravery, humour and love.
Unlocked
Sentenced to life for crimes committed as teenagers, a group in Missouri’s death row prison teach themselves to code without access to the internet. When their tenacious leaders, Jessica and Chris, are released after over 25 years of incarceration, they resolve to use their coding skills in this unique startup story to upend an exploitative prison education system, profoundly reimagining the future of prison life in America.