about

Rachel is a Los Angeles-based writer, director and Emmy award-winning producer. She began her career at a B movie studio directing VFX dragons and Christian musicals. Recently she directed the pilots of TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS for Hulu and MINX for HBOMax.

Her latest feature is UNPREGNANT, a roadtrip comedy about how it shouldn’t be so fucking hard to get an abortion. She’s directed eight other features, including a musical remake of VALLEY GIRL for MGM and A DEADLY ADOPTION, a meta Lifetime movie starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. Rachel spent 2013-14 as Funny or Die’s White House liaison, winning an Emmy for BETWEEN TWO FERNS WITH BARACK OBAMA. While there she also helmed the series LADY TIME. She’s directed episodes of a dozen shows, including EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE OKAY, DIVORCE, MAN SEEKING WOMAN, THE MINDY PROJECT; and the pilot for I’M SORRY.

Rachel studied filmmaking at Ithaca College. She has traveled extensively, and is passionate about nachos and her perfect one-eyed cat, Elizabeth.