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Josh Feldman

Deaf LGBTQ+ Writer, Producer & Actor

Josh Feldman is a writer, producer and actor living and working in Los Angeles, California..

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Deaf since birth, Josh Feldman is a writer, producer and actor living and working in Los Angeles, California. He is passionate about telling stories that feature intersectional, diverse, LGBTQ+ characters. After growing up without seeing people like himself on TV and film screens or in books, Josh’s life’s work is to create characters that will ensure future generations of deaf children will never have that problem.

Born to deaf parents who stressed the importance of bilingualism, he attended Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick, Maryland where he continued to cultivate a lifelong love of reading and writing. Josh was recognized at age 12 with a Young Playwrights Award from The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. where he eventually went to college, graduating from Gallaudet University with a bachelor’s degree in English. He then went on to study writing in graduate school at New York University.

In 2017, Josh co-created This Close, the first major television show to be created by deaf people. It aired for two seasons on Sundance TV and was nominated for a Peabody Award as well as a GLAAD Award. In 2018, he won a Momentum Fellowship from the prestigious Sundance Institute. Most recently he served as Co-Producer for the upcoming Marvel series ECHO, coming in 2023 on Disney+. He had a script named to the 2022 GLAAD List, a list of the most promising, unproduced LGBTQ+ scripts in Hollywood.

Josh is a mentor for the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters Labs, and he has projects in various stages of development with Amblin Entertainment and Sony Pictures. Currently he is writing a feature film based on Coach Keith Adams and the California School for the Deaf Riverside football team’s history-breaking run.

Working regularly with hearing people, through interpreters, Josh knows work and art for him are interconnected with education. As he fights for more representation in media through storytelling, Josh also wants to remind people that no matter who they are, what they look like, and who they love, what they bring to the table is invaluable.

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Believing in Yourself, Following Your Dreams & Finding Success

The Power of Staying True to Yourself

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"This Close" Stars Josh Feldman and Shoshannah Stern Discuss Navigating Diversity On Screen
Interview with Josh Feldman and Shoshannah Stern, Deaf Creators of "This Close"

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