Hi, I'm Rachel

Rachel is an award-winning photographer, narrative filmmaker, director and screenwriter who loves to tell familiar stories from an unfamiliar perspective.

Upon graduating from Temple University in 2008 [Film & Media Arts], she went on to work with the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women with Laurie Seidman [CBS' Medium].

Rachel also has several short narrative films, Good Morning, Perchance to Dream [winner, Best Directing + Best Marketing]. In the digital marketing space, Rachel has worked with clients like Comcast, Cuisinart, Jameson, Pediasure, and People's Light and Theatre.

Her script For Rent was awarded the Silver Nib Award in the Let's Make It Screenwriting competition while several of her short scripts were finalists in the Screencraft, WeScreenplay and Outstanding Screenplays competitions.

Her fine art photography was awarded an honorable mention in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women.

Rachel currently lives in Central Pennsylvania with her husband, Darren, and their three sons. She's currently putting the finishing touches on her latest feature-length script.

//writing style

My writing style is nuanced, contemporary, compassionate, and emotional. I believe writing for the screen is a way of translating emotion from a written art form to a visual one, and both can create a lasting impact. My goal is to make you feel something, anything, positive or negative. My characters have lived entire lives before and after what you read on the page. I live for authentic dialogue and am not afraid of research. I believe the story is truly found in the rewrite, which is tough, but I love a good challenge.

//directing style

I've always viewed films as one of the highest forms of storytelling, combining several mediums into one to create emotion on a larger, more tangible scale. When directing, I focus on using each of these mediums in concert with the other - the shots are framed with subtle, elegant minimalism, allowing the audience to focus on the nuance of the characters within the frame. To do this, I like to surround myself with a talented team, spend time crafting a clear vision together, then I give them the space they need to create. As Orson Welles once said, "A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army."