Rachel Grady

Rachel Grady

Grady at the Miami Film Festival presentation of "Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You"
Nationality American
Occupation Filmmaker

Rachel Grady is an American film director and producer.[1] She won a 2008 Women of Vision Award.

Biography

She is the stepdaughter of James Grady.[2] Grady was raised Jewish and still considers herself Jewish.[3]

Career

Jesus Camp was coproduced and filmed by Grady in 2005 and debuted at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 79th Academy Awards.[4] She coproduced and filmed 12th & Delaware. The film premiered on January 24, 2010 at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition.[5] She has frequently collaborated with fellow director Heidi Ewing.[6]

Filmography

FilmYearSubject matterComments
The Boys of Baraka2005Baraka School, Kenya
Jesus Camp2006Kids On Fire School of Ministry, Becky Fischer
The Lord's Boot Camp2008Teen Missions InternationalProduced and aired for 48 Hours
Freakonomics (segment "Can You Bribe a 9th Grader to Succeed?")2010
12th & Delaware2010A crisis pregnancy center and an abortion clinic in Fort Pierce, Florida
Detropia2012Detroit, Michigan
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You 2016Norman Lear

References

  1. Turan, Kenneth. "'12th and Delaware' filmmakers: from 'Jesus Camp' to the abortion issue". Los Angeles Times. May 26, 2010
  2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1823227/
  3. http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/heidi-ewing-rachel-grady-interview-for-jesus-camp/
  4. 79th Academy Awards nominations list. Oscar.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
  5. "2010 Sundance Film Festival: 12th & Delaware". sundance.bside.com. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  6. Cole, Williams (July 8, 2010). "Abortion Battle's Hidden Front: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady In Conversation with Williams Cole". The Brooklyn Rail.


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