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Rachel Feldman
Director / Screenwriter
Rachel Feldman
Film & television, writer & director RACHEL FELDMAN just completed LILLY, a feature film starring Patricia Clarkson, John Benjamin Hickey, and Thomas Sadoski - based on the life of fair pay activist Lilly Ledbetter. The screenplay won the Athena List, was a Breaking Through the Lens Cannes selection, and was awarded the Ravenal Grant for first time feature directors over 50.
Feldman has directed episodes and pilots for MGM, CBS, NBC, ABC, Lifetime, Freeform, Entertainment One, and the SYFY Channel. Recent directing credits include multiple episodes of BLUE BLOODS, THE ROOKIE, CRIMINAL MINDS and the pilot and first season of MGM’s as of yet unaired, THE BAXTERS. Her script KINKS won the ScreenCraft Best Pilot prize, was chosen as a WGA Best Spec Pilot and as a Drama Queens winner, and was the US selection for CannesSeries at MIPTV.
Feldman is former chair of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee and an outspoken activist for women directors. She has been interviewed in docs: ""This Changes Everything,"" produced by Geena Davis, ""Half The Picture,"" and Bloomberg TV’s ""Celluloid Ceilings"" discussing gender equity in Hollywood. With an MFA in directing from NYU, an undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College, Feldman has taught directing & screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate program.