NAB Show

NAB Show

SESSION SPEAKER

Joe Strechay

TV & Film Producer and Consultant at Strechay Consulting

Joe has been the lead for accessibility and inclusion for one of the largest productions in the world. He assesses accommodations for actors and background performers of all disabilities to assure access. He recruits actors with disabilities for productions around the world through his network and connections. He has advised some of the biggest filmmakers and streaming services. He combines creativity with his management experience in his roles. Joe has managed a government bureau, departments in film production, a web program, granted programs and services and hundreds of staff. He instructed in blindness services in New Jersey, Florida and around the United States. He has consulted on services for people who are blind or low vision in the United States, Canada and abroad. Joe did in his undergraduate work at East Carolina University in Public Relations and Media. His graduate work at Florida State University was in the Visual Disabilities Program: Teaching Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired, Orientation and Mobility, and a specialty in Transition from School to Work or Postsecondary. He brings his personal experiences as a person who is blind and from the thousands of people who are blind, low vision, or with other disabilities that he has instructed into his work in film and television.

Joe Strechay

SESSIONS AND EVENTS

Widening the Frame: Unlock a 25% Larger Audience Through Accessibility

Sunday, April 6 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. PDT