MARK WOOD/ASL FILMS
Filmmaker
ASL Films is an independent deaf owned and operated production company for all feature film media. Founded in 2006 by partners Mark Wood and Mindy Moore, ASL Films is committed to creating sophisticated entertainment which appeals to, inspires and rewards sponsors and audiences alike. At its inception the company made its first markproducing a feature length film, Forget Me Not, a huge success which earned many raves and encores throughout the country. ASL Films subsequently produced two more feature length films, Wrong Game and The Legend of The Mountain Man which gave ASL Films a reputation for producing cutting edge films in ASL specifically tailored for audiences sharing this common language.
ASL Films completed its lastest production, Gerald, last summer. This film is a journey of Corey, a young man yearning for kinship until one day discovering that he has a Deaf autistic grandfather he has never known. Corey is determined to make a connection regardless. Family ties and secrets formerly unbeknownst to the young man have surfaced, and all the events suddenly unfold. Soon afterwards, the discovery leads to a chain of events that entwines the young man to the unknown. A powerful, emotional and continual twisting of events leads to a shocking truth.