REEL 01 RYDREA WALKER

BLACK. DEAF. FILMMAKER.

Rydrea Walker is the Founder & CEO of WarriorsGate Entertainment, a Deaf-led media company making film, television, and streaming content for global audiences — built on the belief that Deaf stories deserve the same scale as anyone else's.

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Behind the Lens

ON SET

Rydrea Walker on a studio set with a cyc wall

Rydrea Walker filming outdoors with a RED camera

Rydrea Walker wearing a WarriorsGate Entertainment hoodie on set

Rydrea Walker filming on a rocky outdoor location

Rydrea Walker operating a drone on a beach shoot

Rydrea Walker filming inside a fire station

Selected Work

2013 — 2026

DIR. RYDREA WALKER · BEST AWARENESS NOMINEE, AMAZON MGM STUDIOS

ERASED

2025 · SHORT

DIR. RYDREA WALKER · WGE DOCUMENTARY SERIES

ISD Hoosiers

2026 · TV

GRIP · 2ND AC · DRONE OPERATOR

Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film

2024 · FEATURE

DIR. RYDREA WALKER · DEBUT SHORT, AGE 17

Bob Movie

2013 · SHORT

Recognition

ERASED · 2025–2026

Official Selection, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge 2025

Official Selection, Together! Disability Film Festival 2025

Official Selection, Seattle Deaf Film Festival 2026

Official Selection, Little Venice Film Festival 2026

ERASED received a Best Awareness nomination presented by Amazon MGM Studios at the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, and screened at the Heartland International Film Festival in Indianapolis as one of the challenge's top selections.

REEL 02 · THE STORY

From one camcorder to a media company.

Walker discovered filmmaking watching his father film family gatherings on an old camcorder. At 17 he made his first short. By 2017 that one-man operation had become WarriorsGate Entertainment — now six divisions spanning film, television, sports, and streaming, held by Rydrea Legacy Holdings.

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The Portfolio

RLH → WGE → 6 DIVISIONS

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