Rachel Fleit is a writer/director who lives between Brooklyn, NY and Los Angeles. Rachel was born in NYC on an icy January morning, which makes her a Capricorn and technically a native New Yorker, however she spent her formative years in the idyllic yet homogenous suburbs of Long Island, which are a recurring motif in her work. Introducing, Selma Blair, which premiered in the Documentary Feature Competition at SXSW, is Rachel’s first documentary feature and was sold to discovery+. At SXSW, Introducing, Selma Blair won The Special Jury Recognition for Exceptional Intimacy in Storytelling. Rachel is currently in development on her first narrative feature, which she wrote and will direct, titled Up Island. Rachel is a recipient of the first ever, and now annual, Women’s Fund Grant from
Made in NY/ Mayor’s Office for Film & Television for her short documentary Ava & Bianca about the friendship between two female cinematographers. Rachel’s short documentaries, Ava & Bianca, Gefilte and Barbara & Stanley: A Modern Romance, can be seen at www.nowness.com. Gefilte has been screened at over 40 Jewish Film Festivals internationally since its premiere in 2018. Ava & Bianca won Best Documentary Short Film at The Bentonville Film Festival. Rachel is also a proud advocate of people living with Alopecia and has appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, Vogue.com, The Wall Street Journal, W magazine, Today.com, Refinery 29, The Riveter, The Fold Magazine, Prose, Arc and Bird among many others.
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