RACHEL ROSS, WRITER/DIRECTOR
Originally from New Zealand now based in New York, Rachel is a writer/director with a sensibility for character-driven stories. She draws most of her storytelling from personal experiences, with a strong dedication to crafting authentic, honest, and empowering stories. Her tonal style dances between vulnerable grit meets wit.
Notable credits include Best Screenplay Nominee at 2019 Show Me Shorts Film Festival for comedy piece 'NUMBER TWO,’ and 2017’s Melbourne International Film Festival and New Zealand International Film Festival selection for short film 'HAVE YOU TRIED, MAYBE, NOT WORRYING?'
In 2024, she was selected for a TV Writer’s Attachment for Roadshow Productions funded by Screen New South Wales, Australia. Her accolades include selection for the 2020 Directors and Editors Guild of New Zealand Emerging Women Filmmakers Incubator and a nomination for Outstanding Newcomer at the 2020 New Zealand Women In Film and Television Awards. In 2019, she received a New Zealand Film Commission Funding Grant, ‘He Kauahi Catalyst,’ and in 2017, was awarded a New Zealand Film Commission Talent Development Grant, which supported an intensive eight-week course at the New York Film Academy to develop her feature screenplay, 'EXHALE.' Additionally, she was selected for the 2017 Accelerator Lab in Melbourne for her short film 'HAVE YOU TRIED, MAYBE, NOT WORRYING?'
Current projects include feature films ‘EXHALE’ and ‘GOOD GIRL GRETA.’