Rachel Feldman is an accomplished Hollywood film & television director and screenwriter, as well as an activist for gender parity for women directors. She is currently in late development to direct LILLY, a feature film based on the remarkable life of fair pay icon Lilly Ledbetter, championed by Meryl Streep. With over directing 75 credits in broadcast television, she has also taught directing and screenwriting at USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA program. Feldman is former chair of the Directors Guild of America Women's Steering Committee, and can be seen in the Geena Davis produced doc, "This Changes Everything," "Half The Picture," and Bloomberg Television, "Celluloid Ceiling." Feldman has been interviewed by NYWIFT, Winston/Baker, and KPCC's "The Frame." Feldman holds an MFA from NYU in film and her BA is from Sarah Lawrence College.
Sub-specialities:
Female Filmmakers. Women Directors. Gender Parity in Hollywood. Employment Exclusion of Women in Film & Television. The Female Lens. The importance of telling women's stories.
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Sarah Lawrence Magazine [May 15, 2020] -
Interview w Rachel Feldman (the FB link is temp until it's loaded up on the nywift site)
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Meryl Streep Backs Rachel Feldman's Fair Pay Drama LILLY
The Hollywood Reporter [February 6, 2020]















